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Personal info

Full name
PIDICH, Andrew
Date of birth
15 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13128211
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Habscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 14

Immediate family

Members
John Pidich (father)
Mary Pidich (mother)
George Pidich (brother)
Michael Pidich (brother)

More information

Sgt Andrew Pidich volunteered for the Army of the United States in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 20 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten