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Personal info

Full name
VIGIL, Ramon Benito
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Mexico
Hometown
Espanola, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
18016850
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 37

Immediate family

Members
Benito M. Vigil (father)
Rufina Vigil (mother)
Frank Vigil (brother)
Carmel B. Vigil (brother)
Juan Vigil (brother)
Samuel S. Vigil (brother)
Margaret (Saiz) Vigil (wife)

More information

Ramon Vigil enlisted on February 5th 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

His brother Sammy Vigil was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in the Philippines. He survived the war.

Source of information: FOHF, Nara, WW2memorial, 82ndAirborne, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Albuquerque Journal

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, www.newspapers.com - Albuquerque Journal, www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier