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Personal info

Full name
OROZCO, Lorenzo
Date of birth
20 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Hometown
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38580699
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 53

Immediate family

Members
Simon Orozco (father)
Conception S. Orozco (mother)
Margarito Orozco (brother)
Manuela Orozco (sister)
Rosenda Orozco (sister)
Catalina Orozco (sister)
Leopoldo Orozco (brother)
Susana (Dias) Orozco (wife)
Julieta Orozco (daughter)

More information

Pvt Lorenzo Orozco was a painter helper before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 26 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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