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Personal info

Full name
ROCHA, John
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mexico
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39591655
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 29

Immediate family

Members
Vicente Rocha (father)
Maria A. (Ramirez) Rocha (mother)
Simon Rocha (brother)
Enedina Rocha (sister)
Rosario S. Rocha (sister)
Enrique Rocha (brother)
Rosalie Rocha (daughter)

More information

Pfc. John Rocha worked in a warehouse.

He got married on 15 February 1941 in Los Angeles, California.

He enlisted on 27 June 1944 at Fort MacArthur, California.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Army Enlistment Records / 1930/1940 Census / Tranowski Family Tree
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Tranowski Family Tree