There is an enlistment record for a Gabriel E Maldonado here:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-...=1&rid=7977256
ASN 39553591, born in Colorado in 1923, enlisted in 1943 in Los Angeles, CA in 1943.
Is that him?
I cannot find a MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) for him on fold3.com nor can I find an Escape and Evasion report for him in the archives here:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305270