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Personal info

Full name
PACHECO, Octavio Villareal
Date of birth
7 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Beeville, Bee County, Texas
Hometown
Bee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38702019
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 4

Immediate family

Members
Ofelia Pacheco (sister)
Ophilia Pacheco (wife)

More information

Pvt Octavio V. Pacheco attended high school for one year and was self employed, operating a cleaning and pressing shop.

He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 6 October 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone & Interment Record / WWII Draft Registration Card, www.65thdiv.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Nick Lieten