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MILLAN, Carlos - Date of
birth
20 August 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
California -
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39269980 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 February 1945 - Place of
death
Sindorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Gerardo C. Millan (father)
Elisa (Rios) Millan (mother)
More information
His mother Elisa Rios was born in Mexico and came to the United States in 1921 as Elisa Millan. She married Manuele Licon in 1929 at Los Angeles, California and after his death in 1935 remarried with Salvador Antoni Herrera in October 1943. Carlos Millan was her only child.His father Gerardo Millan lived in Escuinapa, Sin, Mexico at the time of Pfc Millan's death.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Herman Wolters, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Naturalization Record of mother, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten