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Personal info

Full name
BAMBOLES, John
Date of birth
20 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39563400
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 57

Immediate family

Members
Sam Bamboles (father)
Sophie Bamboles (mother)
Stella Bamboles (sister)
Mary Bamboles (sister)
Ellen Bamboles (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John Bamboles enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten