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PVT Alfonso Ponce

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PVT Alfonso Ponce Veteran

Birth
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Death
25 Sep 1944 (aged 35)
Bouxieres-sous-Froidmont, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France GPS-Latitude: 49.1216812, Longitude: 6.7150168
Plot
Wall of the Missing ~ Army-Air Forces Tablet 25 Veteran 08
Memorial ID
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PVT. Ponce, Alfonso
Service number: 39577559

Age: 35
Born: March 6, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Hometown: Los Angeles County, California
Family:
Joaquin Pedro Ponce (father)
Maria Concepcion (nee Gurrola Vela Ochoa) Ponce (mother)
Pedro Ponce (brother)
Edmundo G. Ponce (brother)
Flavio John Ponce (brother) memorial # 114298328
Ruben P. Ponce (brother)
Graciella Ponce/Lopez (sister)
Horacio Ponce (brother)
Maria Magdalena Ponce (wife)

Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: September 25, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Bouxieres-sous-Froidmont, France, France
Spot: Last known duty, in a fox hole west of Longueville-les-Cheminots, next to the road to Bouxieres-sous-Froidmont
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 25, 1944 at Fort MacArthur, California
Other information:
PVT. Ponce, Alfonso
Service number: 39577559

Age: 35
Born: March 6, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Hometown: Los Angeles County, California
Family:
Joaquin Pedro Ponce (father)
Maria Concepcion (nee Gurrola Vela Ochoa) Ponce (mother)
Pedro Ponce (brother)
Edmundo G. Ponce (brother)
Flavio John Ponce (brother) memorial # 114298328
Ruben P. Ponce (brother)
Graciella Ponce/Lopez (sister)
Horacio Ponce (brother)
Maria Magdalena Ponce (wife)

Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: September 25, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Bouxieres-sous-Froidmont, France, France
Spot: Last known duty, in a fox hole west of Longueville-les-Cheminots, next to the road to Bouxieres-sous-Froidmont
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 25, 1944 at Fort MacArthur, California
Other information:

Inscription

Alfonso Ponce
Pvt ~ 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
California

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from California.


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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56659608/alfonso-ponce: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Alfonso Ponce (6 Mar 1909–25 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56659608, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).