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Personal info

Full name
CAMBRA, John Albert
Date of birth
25 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32761522
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Bannholz Woods, north of Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 5 26

Immediate family

Members
Manuel Cambra (father)
Jessie (Lewis) Cambra (mother)
May Cambra (sister))
Edmond Cambra (brother)
Leonora Cambra (sister)
Louise (Den Hollander) Cambra (wife)
Joyce Cambra (daughter)

More information

Pvt John A. Cambra was employed at the DuPont munitions plant in Pompton Lakes.

At the time of his death his daughter was only 17 months old.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, The Record - 17 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Ridgewood Herald News - 16 August 1945