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Personal info

Full name
LOPEZ, Manuel Tony
Date of birth
11 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Hometown
Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
39717291
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kayersberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 17 21

Immediate family

Members
Anacleto Lopez (father)
Esta (Montoya) Lopez (mother)
John Lopez (brother)
Arest Lopez (brother)
Albert Lopez (brother)
Francesca Lopez (sister)
Marco Lopez (brother)
Sisto Lopez (wife)

More information

Pvt Manuel T. Lopez attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur employed by the Hotel Padre in Bakersfield.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 November 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

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
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