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Personal info

Full name
MARQUEZ, Bonifacio Adolfo
Date of birth
11 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Vaughn, Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Hometown
Vaughn, Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
38583228
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 May 1945
Place of death
Near Solers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 14

Immediate family

Members
Francisco J. Marquez (brother)
Estella (Gauna) Marquez (mother)
Mary Marquez (sister)
Martha Marquez (sister)
Angelina Marquez (sister)
Robert A. Marquez (brother)
Miguel Marquez (brother)
Arthur Marquez (brother)
Cipriano Marquez (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Bonifacio A. Marques worked on a farm before he enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 9 October 1943.

He was wounded in Germany on 3 May 1945 and died in a general hospital near Solers, France to the effects of a bullet to the head.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Mexico WWII Records / 1940 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Renette Day

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, New Mexico State Library Santa Fe