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Bernardo Montcinos BARRAZA
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Source : Jean-François PELLOUAIS & Ellen Marchese | ||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 38454240 | |||||
| AGE | 21 | |||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17 March 1923 Floresville, Wilson, TEXAS | |||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | TEXAS | |||||
| FAMILY | Parents : Jose & Eliza Montecinos BARRAZA | |||||
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| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 20 June 1942 | |||||
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| BATTALION | 300th Engineer Combat Battalion | |||||
| ARMY | 1st Army | |||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 19 June 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | ||||
| STATUS | MIA | |||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | In sea | |||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||
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| STORY | ||||||
| Bernardo was born 17 Mar 1923 in Floresville, Wilson County, Texas to Jose and Eliza Montecinos Barraza. Jose and Eliza were both born in Mexico. Eliza was born in Monterrey, capital of Nuevo León, in northeastern Mexico. She came to the US in 1920 with her father, Nicolas. Eliza had one child before bernardo. After they were married, Jose was a farmer and Eliza was a homemaker.
Bernardo registered for the military on 20 June 1942. He was unemployed at the time. He entered the U.S. Army from Texas and served in the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion. In June 1944, assigned to the Western Task Force, Follow-up Force B at Falmouth, the LST-523 and her crew made two round trips to the Normandy Beachhead, each time delivering supplies and removing wounded. The second echelon of the 300th Combat Engineers and the second contingent of the 207th Engineer Combat Battalion loaded on board 18 June 1944 shortly before noon at Portsmouth, England, and proceeded during the night of 18-19 June to Utah Beach, north of Carentan, France. On June 19, 1944, she was on her third trip with the men and material of the 300th and the 207th, in addition to her crew of 195, and a 40-man medical staff. The LST-523 struck a mine and the force of the blast split the LST in two pieces. She sank rapidly. The USS Bayfield (APA-33), along with numerous small boats in the area, recovered some of the wounded or deceased from the water, but strong winds and rough waters soon impeded the search. In the weeks that followed, nine bodies from this loss washed ashore, were recovered, and were interred in the U.S. military cemeteries in France. 94 soldiers of the 300th, 12 from the 207th, and 117 Navy sailors lost their lives. Only 28 men survived. Private First Class Barraza was among the men listed as missing in action on June 19, 1944. His remains were not recovered following the incident. Today, Private Barraza is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. | ||||||
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Source : Donna |
Source : Donna | |||||
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Source : Donna | ||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Arnaud Gaté - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Ancestry - Fold3 |
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| EDITORS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |