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Personal info

Full name
TAFOYA, John Joseph
Date of birth
15 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Tercio, Las Animas County, Colorado
Hometown
Tercio, Las Animas County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38104226
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
The woods East of Borg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Marcelino Tafoya (father)
Manuelita M. (Romero) Tafoya (mother)
Maria L. (Rivera) Tafoya (wife)
Maria J. Tafoya (daughter)
Juanita S. Tafoya (daughter)

More information

Pvt John J. Tafoya worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas on 21 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Arceo Vega Tafoya Montoya Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Moi