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Personal info

Full name
LIJEWSKI, Andrew Frank Jr
Date of birth
23 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36814243
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 11

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Lijewski (father)
Victoria M. Lijewski (mother)
Florence Lijewski (sister)
Alexander Lijewski (brother)
Edmund Leijewski (brother)
Sylvester Lijewski (brother)
Helen Lijewski (sister)
Martha Lijewski (sister)
Leona Lijewski (sister)
Theodore Lijewski (brother)
Albert Lijwski (brother)
Sylvia Lijewski (sister)

More information

Pfc Lijewski was employed by Miller Brewing. He was sent overseas in June 1944

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.509thgeronimo.org, Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Milwaukee Sentinel - 13 February 1945