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Personal info

Full name
ROMERO, John Wesley
Date of birth
23 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pasquita, Valencia County, New Mexico
Hometown
Pasquita, Valencia County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38583970
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 38

Immediate family

Members
Leon Romero (father)
Miriam Romero (mother)
Ruth Romero (sister)
James Romero (brother)

More information

Pfc John W. Romero worked on a farm before he enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 21 December 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery