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Personal info

Full name
PONCHO, Harold
Date of birth
17 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona
Hometown
Polacca, Navajo County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
18044810
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 12 6

Immediate family

Members
Juan Poncho (father)
Emma (Choro) Poncho (mother)
Ernest Poncho (brother)
Adella L. Poncho (sister)
Alfred Poncho (brother)

More information

T/5 Harold Poncho attended high school for four years and was a carpenter before he volunteered for the Army of the United States on 19 December 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Naha Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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