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Personal info

Full name
AVILLAR, Jose O
Date of birth
24 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Hometown
Fairacres, Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38217290
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Near Güdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 17

Immediate family

Members
Nestora (Chavez) Avillar (mother)
Mary A. Avillar (wife)

More information

Pvt Jose O. Avillar worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 18 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com - Las Cruces Sun News New Mexico 23 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy