Name:
Rufino Estevan Antonio Gallegos
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
831122
Unit:
3rd Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
New Mexico
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Rufino Estevan Antonio Gallegos was born on September 2, 1924, in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico. He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was declared as Missing in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.