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Personal info

Full name
ALVAREZ, Orentino Eladio
Date of birth
11 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
DePue, Bureau County, Illinois
Hometown
DePue, Bureau County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
39413312
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 4

Immediate family

Members
Eladio Alvarez (father)
Josephine (Diaz) Alvarez (mother)
Pauline Alvarez (sister)

More information

Pfc Orentino Alvarez worked for the Southern Pacific Machine Shop before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 27 April 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten