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Personal info

Full name
VELASQUEZ, Cirilo Joseph
Date of birth
5 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Corvuso, Meeker County, Minnesota
Hometown
Oregon, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35557750
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf-Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Lupe Velasquez (father)
Adella (Franco) Velasquez (mother)
Vincent J. Velasquez (brother)
Lupita Velasquez (sister)
Christina Velasquez (sister)

More information

Cirilo Velasquez graduated from Clay High School.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 26 June 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1943. He joined his unit from a a replacement depot on 9 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / family tree, Toledo Blade - 13 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Clay High School Yearbook, Toledo Blade - 13 December 1944