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Personal info

Full name
FLORES, Antonio
Date of birth
12 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Schreveport City, Louisiana
Hometown
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35908213
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Speyer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 17 24

Immediate family

Members
Antonio M. Flores (father)
Olivia Flores (mother)
Elouise Flores (sister)
Mary L. Flores (sister)
Albert Flores (brother)
Daniel Flores (brother)

More information

Pvt Antonio Flores attended Hammond Tech High School before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 8 September 1944. He was sent overseas in February 1945.

He was hit by shrapnel as he and his squad were pressing an attack on a German town.

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, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Times Indiana 23 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Times Indiana 23 May 1945