PVT Fidel Alva Veteran

Birth: 25 Apr 1925
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA
Death: 18 Sep 1944 (aged 19)
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot: SECTION U SITE 45
Memorial ID: 276989 View Source

Son of Felix Alva (Sr) and Juanita Alva. Pvt. Alva participated in Operation Market Garden in 1944 as a member of the 508 Parachute Infantry attached to the 82nd Airborne He was killed in action on the 2nd day of the operation.

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On August 8, 1949, he was reinterred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.

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