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Personal info

Full name
VALENZUELA, Florencio Rito
Date of birth
22 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Orange County, California
Hometown
Fullerton, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39580204
Rank
Private
Function
Platoon Scout
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Foy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 3

Immediate family

Members
Paul Valenzuela (father)
Carmen Valenzuela (wife)

More information

Pvt Florencio R. Valenzuela enlisted in Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California on 29 March 1944.
He attended high school for 1 year and was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / California Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Santa Ana Register, september 1945