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Personal info

Full name
LOPEZ, Juan Jaramillo
Date of birth
27 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Carnuel, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Hometown
Carnuel, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38583531
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
304th Medical Battalion,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 42

Immediate family

Members
Frederico Lopez (father)
Rosalia J. Lopez (mother)
Serofina Lopez (sister)
Maria Lopez (sister)
Carlos Lopez (brother)
Sevel Lopez (brother)
Rosares Lopez (brother)
Ruvina Lopez (sister)

More information

Pvt Juan J. Lopez worked on his own farm before he enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 10 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy