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Personal info

Full name
ENCINIAS, Joe Tinida
Date of birth
3 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico
Hometown
South Fork, Rio Grande County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37349795
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
347th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 4 9

Immediate family

Members
Eriberto Encinias (father)
Atilana (Sandoval) Encinias (mother)
Ramon Encinias (brother)
Eufiracia O. Encinias (sister)
Cescario Encinias (brother)
Albert A. Encinias (brother)
Monica Encinias (wife)

More information

Pfc Joe T. Encinias worked on a farm before he enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 24 June 1942.

While he was blowing up a bridge to slow down the German army, he fell into the water and drowned.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Encinias Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / Alberto Encinias, https://coloradofreedommemorial.com/tellustheirstories/honor-roll-directory/153428/encinias-joe-t/
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery