PFC Angel Gallegos Moreno

courtesy of LC

PFC Angel Gallegos Moreno was born in Towne, Texas on 2 Aug 1925. He was the 3rd of the 4 children born to Juan Antonio and Elvira (Gallegos) Moreno. His father worked in a stone quarry and died in 1936. His mother then supported the family as a maid. The family was very poor. Elvira reported a 1939 income of $64 and rented a place to live for $5 a month at 713 Tornillo Street in El Paso, Texas. When Angel registered for the draft in 1943 he was working for the Rio Grande Lumber Company.

Angel was likely drafted shortly after he registered for the draft. After his basic infantry training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Moreno was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry on 19 Jun 1944. He was promoted to PFC on 24 Jul 1944. PFC Moreno was wounded near Vire, France on 5 Aug 1944 and evacuated to a hospital.  He died of his wound(s) on 6 Aug 1944.

PFC Moreno was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.