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| UNIT:
91st Infantry Regiment, 60
Infantry Division, 9th Army |
| RANK:
Private |
| BORN:
July 6, 1925 |
| WHERE:
Collinsville, Madison Co., IL |
| DIED:
August 6, 1944 |
| WHERE:
St. Lo, France |
| CAUSE
OF DEATH: Killed in Action at St.
Lo, France |
| BURIED:
Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery -
Collinsville, IL |
| MARKER:
Private Headstone |
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Pvt. Henry Diaz, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Diaz, 337 Central avenue was reported killed in
action Sunday, August 6, somewhere in France, in
a telegram received by his mother, Mrs. Stella B.
Diaz Monday, August 21, from the War Department.Young Diaz, a member of the
infantry entered the service in November, 1943,
and received his infantry training at Camp
Blanding, Fla. He was sent overseas some four
months ago, being stationed somewhere in England,
and then moving on to France.
On Friday, August
4, the Diaz family received their last letter
from their son, at which time he urged his
parents to send some writing paper and stamps,
and stated that he had plenty of money, but he
couldn’t buy these essential needs.
Young Diaz is a
member of the Collinsville Township High School
graduating class of 1943.
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Pvt. Henry
Diaz
