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Personal info

Full name
ABEYTA, Juan Jesus
Date of birth
23 January 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Park View, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Hometown
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38072284
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Hürtgenwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Enrique A. Abeyta (father)
Josefa (Eturriaga) Abeyta (mother)
Alfonso E. Abeyta (brother)
Francisco A. Abeyta (brother)
Jose M. Abeyta (brother)
Elivia G. Abeyta (sister)
Mariana B. Abeyta (sister)
Barbarita Y. Abeyta (sister)
Beatice A. Abeyta (sister)

More information

Pfc Juan J. Abeyta worked for the State Highway Department.

He enlisted on 10 February 1942 in Espanola, New Mexico and trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana, Camp Picket, Virginia and Indian Gap Town in Pennsylvania. He was shipped overseas on 22 August 1943 and send from England into France on 30 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico WWII Record / 1920 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico WWII Record