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Personal info

Full name
AMADOR, Salvador
Date of birth
28 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Sunnyside, Carbon County, Utah
Hometown
Columbia, Carbon County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39916053
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 38

Immediate family

Members
Isodoro Amador (father)
Jesus (Vasquez) Amador (mother)
Catherine Amador (sister)
Jennie Amador (sister)
Elizabeth Amador (sister)
Leo Amador (brother)
Meliana Amador (sister)

More information

Pfc Salvador Amador graduated from Carbon Senior High School in 1942.

He enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 8 June 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Utah Military Records / Carlton Rollins Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - BBM