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Personal info

Full name
VALDEZ, Jose Elifar
Date of birth
15 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Velarde, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Hometown
Velarde, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38583420
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Area Bergstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 38

Immediate family

Members
Juan Valdez (father)
Ramoncita (Duran) Valdez (mother)
Dora (Griego) Valdez (wife)
Horacio Valdez (son)

More information

Jose Valdez entered the service on 17 November 1943 at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He attended La Conaha Schools in Velarde for three years. He was a railroad worker before his enlistment. He trained at Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort McCallen in Alabama.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Mexico WWII Record

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico WWII Record