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PONCE, Alfonso - Date of
birth
6 March 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas -
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39577559 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
C Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 September 1944 - Place of
death
West of Longueville-Les-Cheminots, in a foxhole next to the road to Bouxieres-Sous-Froidmont
In the vicinity of Bouxieres-Sous-Froidmont, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joaquin Pedro Ponce (father)
Maria Concepcion (Gurrola Vela Ochoa) Ponce (mother)
Pedro Ponche (brother)
Edmundo G. Ponce (brother)
Flavio J. Ponce (brother)
Ruben P. Ponce (brother)
Graciella Ponce (sister)
Horacio Ponce (brother)
Maria Magdalena Ponce (wife)
More information
Pvt Alfonso Ponce enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 24 February 1944.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, https://www.7tharmddiv.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre