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Personal info

Full name
AVILA, John Lopez
Date of birth
16 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Navajo, McKinley County, New Mexico
Hometown
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California

Military service

Service number
39053919
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
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, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 8 14

Immediate family

Members
Julian S. Avila (father)
Refugia (Lopez) Avila (mother)
Joe Avila (brother)
Portaria Avila (sister)
Trennie Avila (sister)
Lupe Avila (sister)
Antonia Avila (sister)
Helen Avila (sister)
Santos Avila (brother)

More information

John Avila worked on a farm before he enlisted on 3 July 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Stephanie Nies, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 744 Tank Battalion, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record , WWII Draft Cards, 1940 Census, Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society - courtesy of Mrs. Nancy Moffett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, SCCHGS Research - Janene Crawford, Nancy Moffett, Nancy Sutton