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Personal info

Full name
ARCHULETA, John Steve
Date of birth
16 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado
Hometown
Corinne, Box Elder County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39912282
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 88

Immediate family

Members
Dave Archuleta (father)
Ramona (Rodriguez) Archuleta (mother)
Preciliano Archuleta (brother)
Emma Archuleta (sister)
Bertha Archuleta (sister)
Fred Archuleta (brother)
Mary Archuleta (sister)
Sotelo Archuleta (brother)
Cresinta Archuleta (sister)
Inez M. (Mendez) Archuleta (wife)
Julia Archuleta (daughter)

More information

Pvt John S. Archuleta worked on a farm before he enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 2 April 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Utah Military Record / 1920 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - The Ogden Standard-Examiner, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Ogden Standard-Examiner