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Personal info

Full name
ALVARADO, Edward Melendez
Date of birth
21 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
39710595
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
West bank of the Rur river at Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 17 5

Immediate family

Members
Espirdion Alvarado (father)
Eugenia (Melendez) Alvarado (mother)
Avaristo Alvarado (brother)
Noberto Alvarado (brother)
Venancia Alvarado (sister)
Lorenzo Alvarado (brother)
Petra Alvarado (sister)
Belan Alvarado (sister)
Ernestino Alvarado (sister)
Marcos M. Alvarado (brother)
Cruiz Alvarado (brother)
Carlos Alvarado (brother)
Zeferina Alvarado (sister)
Marcos M. Alvarado (brother)
Antonio M. Alvarado (brother)

More information

Pvt Edward M. Alvarado was employed at the county hospital before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 20 September 1943.

He was a member of the Chiricahua Apache tribe.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Alejandro Alvarado, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.govwww.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card / Arizona, Birth Records, 1881-1948

Photo source: Hans Wijnands, Alejandro Alvarado