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Personal info

Full name
MADRIL, Juan Orlando
Date of birth
11 September 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado
Hometown
Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37352330
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 February 1946
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Andriano Madril (father)
Condelario Madril (mother)
Ernesto Madril (brother)
Alberto Madril (brother)
Maria Madril (sister)

More information

Pvt Juan O. Madril enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 1 September 1942.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944 and was imprisoned in Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany.

He was declared death one year and one day after his supposed date of death. The exact circumstances are not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Photo source: Peter Schouteten