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Personal info

Full name
DURAN, Macedonio Jose
Date of birth
9 April 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
San Felipe Pueblo, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Hometown
Algodones, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38168876
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 August 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 48

Immediate family

Members
Anastacio Duran (father)
Guadalupe (Tenorio) Duran (mother)
Felipe Duran (brother)
Isidro Duran (brother)
Marie C. Duran (sister)
Virginia Duran (sister)
Jose G. Duran (brother)

More information

Pfc Macedonio Duran worked on a farm before he enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 27 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France.

His brother Jose G. Duran is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Duran Family Tree, www.16thinfassn.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery