Ontiveroz, Gustafo Rodriguez

Rank and Name, Corporal Gustafo Rodriguez Ontiveroz.

Unit/Placed in, 55th Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division “Thunderbolts”.

Gustavo was born approx. on Feb. 7, 1918 in Bexar County, Texas.

Father, Andreas Ontiveroz.

Mother, Leonor Ontiveroz.

Spouse, Margrate Ontiveroz.

Gustavo enlisted the service at Texas with serial number # 38143301.

Gustavo R. Ontiveroz (mos) was a driver on a M23 Half-Track Armored Command Verhicle in the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion.

Gustavo was KIA near Rheinberg, Germany, (in Rheinberg was the factory of the German pistol Walther) on March 4, 1945, and he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

And he is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Thanks to Andy Swinnen http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/ 11th Armored http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com/ ABMC .gov

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

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