Albarado, Canuto D. – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Technician Fifth Grade Canuto D. Albarado.

Unit/Placed in, 3813th Gasoline Supply Company, United States Army.

3813 Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Company stayed at Gloucester Gloucestershire, GB and left England to arrive an Omaha Beach assigned to the first Army, stationed at St. Lo.

Canuto is born approx. on 1922 in Texas.

Father, Gregorio Benitez Alvarado.

Mother, Feliciana Ophelia (Davis) Alvarado.

Sister(s), Manuela Davis, Zenona, Genevieve, Genoveva, Francesco, Adela, Marie and Julia Alverado.

Brother(s), Gregoria and Zijifredo Alvarado.

Canuto enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 38216670.

Canuto died non battle when he was struck by a Gasoline Tank when they were loading the Gasoline in canisters or transport on Aug. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Canuto is buried/mentioned at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Canuto also has a Memorial Grave at Sabinal Cemetery

Sabinal, Uvalde County, Texas, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.quartermasterfoundation.org/fuels-lubricants-for-johnny-doughboy/ https://genealogytrails.com/tex/hillcountry/uvalde/mil_ww2honor.html

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.anyPlace=Texas%2C%20United%20States&q.birthLikeDate.from=1922&q.birthLikeDate.to=1922&q.givenName=canuto%20d.&q.surname=albarado

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRS9-ZYR

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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