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Personal info

Full name
YBARRA, Joe Ramirez
Date of birth
28 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Hometown
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39854906
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lövenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joe T. Ybarra (father)
Lucia R. Ybarra (mother)
Edward (Lalito) Ybarra (brother)
Phillip Ybarra (brother)
Helen Ybarra (sister)
Ruth Ybarra (sister)
Betty Ybarra (sister)
Ernesto Ybarra (brother)
Lupita Ybarra (sister)

More information

T/4 Joe R. Ybarra enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 15 January 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Arizona Birth Certificates / 102nd Infantry Division "Ozark" Unit History

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arizona Daily Star - 18 March 1945