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Personal info

Full name
ABRIL, Carlos Castro
Date of birth
22 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39578611
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Stattmatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 1

Immediate family

Members
Alberto N. Abril (father)
Josefa (Castro) Abril (mother)
Margarette C. Abril (sister)
Carmelita C. Abril (sister)
Matilda C. Abril (sister)
Fred C. Abril (brother)
Gilberto Abril (brother)
Onofre C. Abril (brother)
Lily C. Abril (sister)
Richard C. Abril (brother)
Sara C. Abril (sister)
Frank C. Abril (brother)
Beatriz C. Abril (sister)
Albert C. Abril (brother)
Eugene C. Abril (brother)
Luis C. Abril (brother)
Rita C. Abril (sister)
Carmen (Lopez) Abril (wife)
Charlie L. Abril (son)
Rodolfo Abril (son)
Carmelita Abril (daughter)
Elizabeth Abril (daughter)

More information

Pfc Carlos C. Abril was employed at the Hurley Meat Company before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 14 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Solares Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Gathering Roots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy