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Personal info

Full name
GUTIERREZ, Roberto Hernandez
Date of birth
21 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39864052
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 33

Immediate family

Members
Teofilo C. Gutierrez (father)
Amelia (Hernandez) Gutierrez (mother)
Maria S. Gutierrez (sister)
Eloisa Gutierrez (sister)
Amelia Gutierrez (sister)

More information

Pvt Roberto H. Gutierrez worked on a farm before he enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 2 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Arizona Birth Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Gutierrez Hernandez Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy