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Personal info

Full name
HERRERA, Procopio
Date of birth
24 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38560973
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Bencelado Herrera (father)
Feliciana Herrera (mother)
Atelano Herrera (brother)
Jose Herrera (brother)
Jesus Herrera (brother)
Lorencio Herrera (brother)

More information

Pfc Procopio Herrera enlisted at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, on 28 December 1943.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Messerich-Obersteden, South of Bitburg, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery