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Personal info

Full name
SUAREZ, Ben V
Date of birth
25 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
El Tigre, Cajeme Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Hometown
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
20845348
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Division Artillery,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne - Houffalize, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 21

Immediate family

Members
Ben G. Suarez (father)
Ysabel M. (Valdez) Suarez (mother)
Vicente Suarez (brother)
Amelia Suarez (sister)
Estella Suarez (sister)
Raymond Suarez (brother)
Fernando Suarez (half-brother)

More information

T/4 Ben V. Suarez attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 24 January 1942.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Arizona Death Records, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com/
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – Douglas High School Arizona 1940