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.

PVT Daniel Gardea Flores

PVT Daniel Gardea Flores was born 8 Dec 1919 in El Paso,Texas the oldest child and only son of Daniel Teran and Maria (Gardea) Flores.  His father worked variously as a porter, painter and a plumber.

Assigned to F Company 116th Infantry, he was present with the unit on D-Day.  Wounded 11 Jul 1944 and died of those wounds on 12 Jul 1944.

PVT Flores is buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.