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Personal info

Full name
SALAZAR, Santiago Chavez
Date of birth
6 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Palma, New Mexico
Hometown
Torrance County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38165230
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
C Company,
744th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rödingen, Rur, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 20 14

Immediate family

Members
Faustin P. Salazar (father)
Percingula (Chavez) Salazar (mother)
Melinda Salazar (sister)
Eva Salazar (sister)
Maggie Salazar (sister)
Ramona Salazar (sister)
Soledad Salazar (sister)
Trinidad Salazar (brother)
Emma J. (Madrid) Salazar (wife)
Maria E. Salazar (daughter)
Rebecca (Rodriquez) Salazar (granddaughter)

Biography

http://www.awon.org/awsalazar.html

More information

Pfc Santiago C. Salazar was a farmer beofre he enlisted in Sante Fe, New Mexico on 2 July 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.awon.org/fathers2.html, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 744 Tank Battalion, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico, World War II Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.awon.org, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico, World War II Record