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Personal info

Full name
HERNANDEZ, Sergio Delgado
Date of birth
4 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Santa Paula, Ventura County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39577318
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 44

Immediate family

Members
Sergio Hernandez (father)
Isabell D. (Gastellon) Hernandez (mother)
Manuel D. Hernandez (brother)
Theresa D. Hernandez (sister)
Luisa Hernandez (sister)
Beatrice Hernandez (sister)
Jessie Hernandez (sister)
Amelia Hernandez (sister)
Evedio D. Hernandez (brother)
Lydia Hernandez (sister)

More information

Pfc Sergio D. Hernandez was a structural- and ornamental-metal worker before he enlisted at Fort McArthur, California on 22 February 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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 / Hernandez Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Auntnorth