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Personal info

Full name
BACA, Ramon R
Date of birth
12 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Adelino, New Mexico
Hometown
Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38584409
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Ormont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 3 20

Immediate family

Members
Manuel A. Baca (father)
Leocadia (Sanchez) Baca (mother)
Edwin A Baca (brother)
Cresanta M. Baca (sister)
Gladio I. Baca (brother)
Roman D. Baca (brother)
Filomena Baca (sister)

More information

Pfc Ramon R. Baca attended Elementary school at Adelino for 8 years and 4 years the high school at Los Lunas. He entered the service on 5 February 1944 at Santa Fe, and trained at Fort Sill and Camp Gruiver in Oklahoma. He was a farmer before his enlistment.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, Astrid van Erp, History Book 87th Infantry Division, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico, WWII Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico, WWII Record