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Personal info

Full name
FLORES, Gilberto
Date of birth
13 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
Hometown
Laredo, Webb County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38555418
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Rémelfing, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 34

Immediate family

Members
Frederico Flores (father)
Margarita Flores (sister)

More information

Pfc Gilberto Flores was employed at the Plaza Hotel in Laredo, Texas before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - American Statesman Texas 15 February 1945
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