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Submitted: 11/11/18 • Approved: 11/11/18 • Last Updated: 11/14/18 • R105639-G0-S3
b. 3 March 1931
d. 26 Oct. 1951 Korea
Soldier Ariz 35th Infantry Regiment. 25th Infantry Division.
Korea PH
Private Angel Villegas was living in Santa Cruz, AZ when he entered the service and was a Light Weapons Infantryman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 26, 1951 and was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Contributed on 11/11/18 by edward.peed
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