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Personal info

Full name
RANGEL, Joe Maria
Date of birth
1 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Hometown
Nueces County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38672908
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 10 27

Immediate family

Members
Jose Rangel (father)
Concepcion (Barrios) Rangel (mother)
Fernando B. Rangel (brother)
Catalina R. Guzman (sister)
Jose R. Rangel (half brother)
Eugenio Rangel (half brother)
Enrique Rangel (half brother)
Antonio Rangel (half brother)
Catalina K. Rangel (sister)
Fernando B. Rangel (brother)
Mary D. Rangel (sister)
Raimundo Rangel (brother)

More information

Pfc Joe M. Rangel worked for the Electric Shoe Shop of Jesse Barrera in Corpus Christi before he enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 30 March 1944 and went overseas in September 1944.

His brother Fernando B. Rangel is buried at the American Cemetery of Margraten, the Netherlands in Plot P, Row 22, Grave 13.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Jasper van Haren, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. Draft Card Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jasper van Haren