PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Sanchez, Mariano
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  December 21st, 1944 (near Luzery/province of Luxembourg, Belgium)
Buried on:  Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Nationality:  American
BIOGRAPHY: 
Sergeant Mariano Sanchez is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Plot: H, Row: 16, Grave: 79.
     
SILVER STAR
Unit: Company C, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
Action: Citation unavailable.
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Company C, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
- Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
- ww2-airborne.us
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