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Personal info

Full name
VARGAS, Enrique Ramos
Date of birth
28 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Apache County, Arizona
Hometown
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39864809
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 2 13

Immediate family

Members
Mariana Vargas (mother)
Anastacia (Carillo) Vargas (wife)
Guadaloupe Vargas (son)

More information

Pvt Enrique R. Vargas was employed by Pauls Spur before he enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 18 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his abdomen and the side of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten