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LOERA, Ladislao - Date of
birth
27 June 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Gulf, Wharton County, Texas -
Hometown
New Gulf, Wharton County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38545077 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
22 February 1945 - Place of
death
Hammelburg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Guadalupe Loera (father)
Guadalupe (Ortiz) Loera (mother)
Mary Loera (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Ladislao Loera' parents immigrated from Mexico in 1923.He was a painter at the Todd Dry Docks before he enlisted in Houston, Texas, on 28 October 1943. He was of Mexican origine.
He died as a prisoner of war in Stalag 13-C.
He is remembered at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – US Veteran’s Affairs
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Karen Lovy