US PARAS Gracia, Julius

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gracia ​

• FORENAME

Julius ​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company B) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

32983299 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th August 1944 ​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Bronx, New York​

born 09.02.1925 New York City, New York, USA​

2 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled filers, grinders, buffers and polishers (metal)​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

employed by S.W.A. Schaeffer Pen Co.​

11.02.1943 draft card Bronx, New York​

entered service 13.7.1943 New York, New York​

award Bronze Star​

MIA Gulf of St Tropez, South France ​

"Garcia" in one source (error)​

"Gracia" in National Archives, American Battle Monuments and Bronx County enlistments​