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Personal info

Full name
ARRIOLA, Vicente Melendez
Date of birth
19 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Metcalf, Greenlee County, Arizona
Hometown
Miami, Gila County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39853326
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Barr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 27

Immediate family

Members
Petra (Melendez) Arriola (mother)

More information

Cpl Vicente Arriola enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 December 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

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, http://14thad.org

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