Joe Sanchez

Name: Joe Sanchez
Alias: Joe Juarez
Birth Name: Perfecto Joe Sanchez
Hometown: Ventura, California, USA
Birthplace: Pomona, California, USA
Died: 1945-01-10 (Age:30)
Height: 161cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Most of this record is courtesy of Charles E. Johnston of the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO).

According to a news item in the February 3, 1945 edition of the Ventura County Star-Free Press, word was received by Mariano Sanchez of Ventura, California on February 3, 1945 that his son, "Pernecto" J. (Joe) Sanchez, had died in France on January 10, 1945 "as the result of wounds received in action." Sanchez had served in the army for several years and "had participated in five major engagements in the Pacific theater of the war, including the Aleutians campaign, before being assigned to the European battlefront."

According to the Find A Grave website, PFC Perfecto J. Sanchez is buried in the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France. He served in the 275th Infantry, 70th Division and died on January 10, 1945.

According to his draft registration card found on the U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 database on Ancestry.com, Perfecto Joe Sanchez was born on October 11, 1914 in Pomona, California. At the time of his registration on October 16, 1940, he was residing in Ventura, California and was working for the Ventura Citrus Association. Sanchez was 5 feet, 3-1/2 inches in height, weighed 155 pounds and had scars over his eyebrows.

According to the U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 database on Ancestry.com, Perfecto J. Sanchez. enlisted on June 23, 1941 in Los Angeles. He was single and had a grammar school education.