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Personal info

Full name
GARCIA, Michael
Date of birth
2 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Puerto Rico
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32540328
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Basançon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 28

Immediate family

Members
Salvadore Garcia (father)
Celistinia Garcia (mother)
Ernest Garcia (brother)
Doloris Garcia (sister)
Salvatore Garcia (brother)
Joseph Garcia (brother)
Ismael Garcia (brother)
Fransisce Garcia (sister)
Carmen Garcia (sister)
Esanzu Garcia (sister)

More information

Pfc Michael Garcia was employed at the Glass Company before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 October 1942.

In November 1943, in Italy, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in the left thigh.

He was killed in action by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy