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Personal info

Full name
SANTOS, John Charles
Date of birth
20 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
San Francisco County, California
Hometown
Sausalito, Marin County, California

Military service

Service number
19133953
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
East of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Manuel Santos (father)
Mary E. (Monet) Santos (mother)

More information

Cpl John C. Santos graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1940 and graduated from the University of California at Davis 2-year agriculture program in February 1943.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Presidio of Monterey, California on 29 March 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at the South Dakota School of Mines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / California Birth Index, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen, University of California at Davis Golden Memory Book