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Personal info

Full name
CARDON, David Montanez
Date of birth
30 June 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Hometown
Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38122223
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
30 November 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Habinia Cardon (father)
Refhia Cardon (mother)
Maria Cardon (sister)
Sara Cardon (sister)
Aljandro Cardon (brother)
Pomposia Cardon (sister)
Isabel Cardon (sister)
Delia (Alvarez) Cardon (wife)
Irene Cardon (daughter)
Alex Cardon (son)

More information

Pfc David M. Cardon enlisted at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas on 7 July 1942.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card, www.newspapers.com - Las Cruses Sun-News
Photo source: Peter Schouteten