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Personal info

Full name
VALDEZ, Simon
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Colorado
Hometown
Gerlach, Washoe County, Nevada

Military service

Service number
20954592
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hommerdingen-Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 23

Immediate family

Members
John Valdez (brother)

More information

T/5 Simon Valdez joined the National Guard at Blythe Army Air Base, California on 23 June 1941.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and the side of his body.

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, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cory Hedin