Rank and Name, Private Sarapio Baca.
Unit/Placed in, 158th Infantry Regiment “Bushmasters”.
Sarapio is born approx. on 1915 in New Mexico.
Father, Benjamin Baca.
Mother, Maria (Bosser) Baca.
Sister(s), Mallie Baca.
Brother(s), Paul, Herman B. and Augustin Baca.
Sarapio enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 38006227.
Sarapio died of his wounds sustained during the fights over Manila at on 18 July 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Sarapio is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
