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Personal info

Full name
GONZALES, Alfred Chavarria
Date of birth
17 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico
Hometown
Miami, Gila County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
38000634
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 30

Immediate family

Members
Seferina Gonzales (mother)
Paul Gonzales (brother)
Marcello Gonzales (brother)
Joseph Gonzales (brother)
Mercedes Gonzales (sister)
Elveda Gonzales (sister)

More information

Pfc Alfred C. Gonzales worked as an architect.
He enlisted on 16 January 1941.
His mother emigrated from Mexico.
Pfc Gonzales was killed by artillery shell fragments in the buttock and hip.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone inscription & interment record / 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, www.65thdiv.com, www.fold3.com – WWII Hospital Admission Card File
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem