- SURNAME
Salas
- FORENAME
Lucio Hernandez
- UNIT
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
38216756
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Europe 1943-1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.03.1921 El Paso, Texas, USA
father Manuel V. Salas
mother Elisa (nee Hernandez)
grammar school education
employed by Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona
16.02.1942 draft card Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona
single without dependents upon enlistment
07.11.1942 entered service Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas
01.1945 WIA
07.09.1945 discharged
died 03.02.2006 (Aged 84)
CITATION:
Bronze Star : For meritorious service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States during the period 9 July 1943 to 5 May 1945 in SICILY, ITALY, FRANCE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM and GERMANY.
Entered military service from FORT BLISS, TEXAS
Entered military service from FORT BLISS, TEXAS
