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Personal info

Full name
AYARZAGOITIA, Prudencio Jr
Date of birth
11 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Bishop, Nueces County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38679269
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Neuhof, Hellenthal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 64

Immediate family

Members
Prudencio Ayarzagoitia (father)
Emilia (De La Garza) Ayarzagoitia (mother)
Delores Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Maria D. Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Ester Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Esmeralde Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Christela Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Lidia O. Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Nora Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Adalberto Ayarzagoitia (brother)
Ruby R. Ayarzagoitia (sister)
Salvador G. Ayarzagoitia (brother)

More information

Pvt Prudencio Ayarzagoitia Jr. was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 28 June 1944.

Pvt Ayarzagoitia was a loyal and well disciplined soldier, who had developed a high sense of duty. His humor was a great morale builder and consequently, he was well liked by his comrades.

He died of a gun shot wound in the abdomen.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 6 February 1945. After the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 17 August 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, IDPF, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Ayarzagoitia Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor.html, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Ayarzagoitia Family Tree