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Personal info

Full name
CASTRO, Silvestre P
Date of birth
10 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Hometown
Gila County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39858720
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Ooijpolder, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 11 3

Immediate family

Members
Silvestre D. Castro (father)
Maria J. (Pesquire) Castro (mother)
Louis Castro (brother)
Andre G. Castro (brother)
Rosa M.P. Castro (sister)
Gerardo P. Castro (brother)
Margaret Castro (sister)
Manuel Castro (brother)
Jose P. Castro (brother)
Jesus Castro (sister)
Luis P. Castro (brother)
Natividad J. Castro (wife)
Joseph Castro (son)

More information

Pvt Silvestre P. Castro enlisted on 10 April 1943 in Phoenix, Arizona.

He was initially buried at Molenhoek Cemetery near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Daily Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet