Name:
Hignio Mendiola
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
38458335
Unit:
1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Higinio Mendiola entered the military service in Texas. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France but was declared Missing in Action and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.