Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
VALENCIA, Raymond
Date of birth
28 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Thurben, Erath County, Texas
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36653726
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Lichtenberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 3 21

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Valencia (father)
Michaela (Palomar) Valencia (mother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S., Social Security Death Index / U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: -