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Personal info

Full name
SANTOS, John Espinal
Date of birth
24 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018409
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 47

Immediate family

Members
Manuel E. Santos (father)
Rose C. (Candida) Santos (mother)
George Santos (brother)
William Santos (brother)
Joachim Santos (brother)
Frank Santos (brother)
Manuel Santos (brother)
Joseph Santos (brother)
Edith Santos (sister)
Madeline Santos (sister)
Albert Santos (brother)
Louise Santos (sister)
Helen Santos (sister)
Lawrence Santos (brother)
Charles Santos (brother)

More information

Sgt John E. Santos was a painter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 28 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Downey Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Michael Rocha
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery