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Personal info

Full name
RODRIGUEZ, John Benevidas
Date of birth
27 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
Hometown
Ontario, San Bernardino County, California

Military service

Service number
39578760
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Marcelo M. Rodriguez (father)
Lucia I. (Benavides) Rodriguez (mother)
Tillie Rodriguez (sister)
Manuel B. Rodriguez (brother)
Jennie Rodriguez (wife)
Carmen Rodriguez (daughter)
John Rodriguez (son)

More information

Pvt John Rodriguez enlisted on 14 March 1944 at Fort Mac Arthur, San Pedro, California.

He joined his unit from a Replacement Depot on 25 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Anthony Rodriguez (grandson), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Tony Rodriguez (grandson)