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Personal info

Full name
MORENO, Louis M
Date of birth
10 February 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Garden Grove, Orange County, California
Hometown
Fullerton, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39283675
Rank
Private
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sefferweich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 50

Immediate family

Members
Louis O. Moreno (father)
Catalina Moreno (mother)
Martin Moreno (brother)
Andreas Moreno (brother)
Richard Moreno (brother)
Rejia Moreno (sister)
Ruperta Moreno (sister)
Tomas Moreno (brother)
Ralph Moreno (brother)
Theresa Moreno (sister)
Samuel Moreno (brother)
Adelaida Moreno (sister)
Mary Moreno (sister)
Frances Moreno (sister)
Lydia Moreno (sister)

More information

Pvt Louis M. Moreno Jr. worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 15 February 1943.
He was killed by a bullet in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Mirones Arechabala Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem