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Personal info

Full name
LLAMAS, Jesus Soria
Date of birth
5 March 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
Hometown
Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38123921
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 29

Immediate family

Members
Octaviano Llamas (father)
Andrea (Soria) Llamas (mother)
Octaviano S. Llamas (brother)
Maria Llamas (sister)
Jose Llamas (bother)
Juana Llamas (sister)

More information

Sgt Jesus S. Llamas attended the University of New Mexico before he enlisted at Ft. Bliss, El Paso Texas on 8 August 1942.

He served one year in the Aleutians in an Army Air Force outfit. He returned to the U.S. and then transferred to the infantry and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Patricio C. Garcia Y Lucinda Jiminez Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M / Doc Wilson