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Personal info

Full name
VILLALOBOS, Ernest
Date of birth
1 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Hometown
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38673583
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 74

Immediate family

Members
Frank P. Villalobos (father)
Julia (Chavez) Villalobos (mother)
Rosa Villalobos (sister)
Maria Villalobos (sister)
Francisco Villalobos (brother)
Concho Villalobos (sister)
Stella Villalobos (sister)
Esther Villalobos (sister)
Isabelle Villalobos (sister)
Cecelia Villalobos (sister)
Minnie Villalobos (sister)
Frank Villalobos (brother)
Jessie Villalobos (brother)
Ruben C. Villalobos (brother)

More information

Pvt Ernest Villalobos attended San Antonio Technical & Vocational High School for two years before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 4 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Gerard A. Villalobos, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rene Herrera Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Paula J and Dale L
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks San Antonio, Texas / www.wwiimemorial.com - Gerard A. Villalobos (nephew)