SFC
Edmund
"Mundo"
Saenz
Born in Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Son of Benjamin Saenz
and Maria (Chavez) Saenz
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Frances (Pilar) Saenz
— married
16 Apr 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 31
in At Sea, Pacific Ocean between Guam and Philippines
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* Edmund was on an airplane with ninety-two other American *
* military personnel on the way to a secret mission in Vietnam *
* when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was lost in the Pacific Ocean *
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Biography
Space:Army Names Plane Victims
- Sgt. 1-C Edmond Saenz, husband of Mrs. Francis E. Saenz, 11522 Ketowna St., Lakeview Terrace, Calif. Anderson Herald
Edmund Saenz was born in 1930 in California, one of eight children born to parents Benjamin and Mary Saenz.[1]
He attended San Fernando High School.[2]
He married Frances J Pilar, 16 April 1955 in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Edmund enlisted in the Army twice: 30 March 1948 and 18 June 1961. He received the Korean CNF medal.[4]
U.S. Census
- 1940 - Los Angeles, California
- Benjamin Saenz, 45 Head, Mexico
- Mary Saenz, 41 Wife, Mexico
- Paul Saenz, 22 Son, Mexico, picker, citrus
- Cora Saenz, 20 Daughter, Mexico, seamstress
- Athur Saenz, 14 Son, California
- Mundo Saenz 10 Son, California
- Jesus Saenz, 8 Son, California
- Jonnie Saenz, 6 Son, California
- Hola Saenz, 5 Daughter, California
- Connie Saenz, 2 Daughter, California[5]
Cenotaph
- Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
- San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
- CALIFORNIA
- SFC
- USA ELM MAAG
- VIETNAM
- KOREA
Sources
- ↑ California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: San Fernando High School; Year: 1946
- ↑ California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Marriage Record
- ↑ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Headstone Application
- ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00374; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 60-4. 1940 U.S. census, California
- U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Headstone Application
- Name: Edmond Saenz
- Birth Date: 7 May 1930
- Service Number: RA 19 305 314
- Service Branch: Army
- Unit: USA ELM MAAG Vietnam
- Enlistment Date: 18 Jun 1961
- Death Date: 16 Mar 1962
- Cemetery: Fort Rosecrans
- Cemetery Location: San Diego, California, USA
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/75911870/edmond-saenz : accessed 14 May 2021), memorial page for Edmond Saenz (7 May 1930–16 Mar 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #75911870, citing Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by Marvin & Samme Templin (contributor 426307).
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