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Personal info

Full name
ARRIAGA, Reyes Murio
Date of birth
5 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
Hometown
Los Fresnos, Cameron County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38360231
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 20 24

Immediate family

Members
Prudencio Arriaga (father)
Maria R. M. Arriaga (mother)
Jose A. Arriaga (brother)
Martin Arriaga (brother)
Tony Arriaga (brother)
Enrique Arriaga (brother)
Prudencio Arriaga (brother)
Genoveva Arriaga (sister)
Felicitas Arriaga (sister)

More information

According his IDPF he was born on 5 September 1915, but his certificate of baptism says that day he was baptized.

His brothers Jose and Martin also served during the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Dario R. Arriaga, André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Galveston Daily News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dario R. Arriaga