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VILLALOBOS, Victor Silva - Date of
birth
12 January 1921 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Los Angeles County, California -
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39252997 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
1 April 1945 - Place of
death
Halle, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Phillip Villalobos (father)
Lola Villalobos (mother)
Edward Villalobos (brother)
John Villalobos (brother)
Phillip Villalobos (brother)
Lucias Villalobos (brother)
Evelyn Villalobos (sister)
Rosie Villalobos (sister)
Yick Villalobos (brother)
More information
Pfc Victor S. Villalobos worked in a warehouse before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 21 August 1942.He was taken prisoner on 6 June 1944 when his unit was located in the vicinity of Vierville, France.
He was wounded during an Allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany on 31 March 1945 and died a day later. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality. Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://old.506infantry.org
