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Personal info

Full name
CHAVEZ, Siprano
Date of birth
26 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico
Hometown
Briscoe County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38607407
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Andolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 46 19

Immediate family

Members
Valentin Chavez (father)
Esqupula V. Chavez (mother)
Jose R. Chavez (brother)
George Chavez (brother)
Samuel Chavez (brother)
Valentin Chavez (brother)

More information

Siprano Chavez worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 20 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://75thdivisiondad.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Vincent Trinka