PFC
Arcadio Canales
Aged 18, fallen January 5, 1945
- Unit
- Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 38677619
- Hometown
- Starr, Texas
- Date of death
- January 5, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Rio Grande City Cemetery, Rio Grande City, Texas
Private First Class Arcadio Canales, serial number 38677619, of Starr, Texas, served with Company F of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 5, 1945, at the age of 18. He is buried at Rio Grande City Cemetery, Rio Grande City, Texas.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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