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Personal info

Full name
BACA, Boleslo
Date of birth
21 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Veguita, Socorro County, New Mexico
Hometown
Veguita, Socorro County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38581187
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 26

Immediate family

Members
Evaristo Baca (father)
Louisa V. Baca (mother)
Amalia Baca (sister)
Cristobal Baca (brother)
Bernardo Baca (brother)
Domingo Baca (brother)
Maria Baca (sister)

More information

Pvt Boleslo Baca completed two years of high school ans was working as a sheet metal worker.

He enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on 24 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.ivydivisionww2.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Albuquerque Journal