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Personal info

Full name
DIAZ, Daniel Rubio
Date of birth
2 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Hometown
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38217702
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 18

Immediate family

Members
Trinidad Diaz (father)
Bertha Diaz (mother)
Isaac Diaz (brother)
Hester Diaz (sister)
Josephina C. Diaz (wife)

More information

Pfc Daniel R. Diaz enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 28 December 1942.

He died of wounds, caused by small arms fire in his head.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: Peter Schouteten