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Personal info

Full name
TAFOYA, Louie Charles
Date of birth
11 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Visalia, Tulare County, California
Hometown
Sanger, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39421613
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Near Herbolzheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 33 41

Immediate family

Members
Julia S. Tafoya (mother)
Vicky Tafoya (sister)
Charles Tafoya (brother)

More information

Pfc Louie C. Tafoya worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fresno, California on 22 January 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.
He was killed by small amrs fire to his stomach.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com – The Fresno Bee The Republican 29 April 1945
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