courtesy of Clifton Baccus |
John was drafted in January 1944 and after completing his basic military training was sent to the European theater. PVT Velasquez was transferred from the replacement depot to F Company 116th Infantry on 5 Sep 1944 while the unit was involved in the fighting with Nazi forces at Brest, France. He was promoted to PFC on 21 Sep 1944 having survived that fight. PFC Velasquez continued to fight with F Company as the regiment moved into Germany and was killed in action in the vicinity of Koslar, Germany on 23 Nov 1944.
PFC Velasquez was repatriated in 1949 and re-interred in Port Lavaca Cemetery in Port Lavaca, Texas.
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