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Personal info

Full name
PACHECO, David Daniel
Date of birth
7 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado
Hometown
Chaffee County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
18000699
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
107th Field Artillery Battalion,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 20 8

Immediate family

Members
Joseph N. Pacheco (father)
Geronima S. Pacheco (mother)
Abel N. Pacheco (brother)
Mary E. Pacheco (sister)
Louise Pacheco (sister)
Elizabeth Pacheco (sister)

More information

Sgt David D. Pacheco graduated from Salida High School.

He joined the Regular Army on 18 October 1940.

Sgt Pacheco is remembered on the Chaffee County Honor Roll in downtown Salida, Colorado.

His picture was taken in high school in 1936.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Salida Museum Association - Salida High School Yearbook 1936