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Personal info

Full name
KONDRICH, Alex Jr
Date of birth
23 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13185893
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Near Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 17 22

Immediate family

Members
Alex Kondrich (father)
Helen Kondrich (mother)
Anastasia Kondrich (sister)
Anna Kondrich (sister)
Margaret Kondrich (sister)
Charles Kondrich (brother)
Dorothy Kondrich (sister)
Helen Kondrich (sister)
Elizabeth Kondrich (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Alex Kondrich Jr. cancelled his studies in chemistry and enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 14 December 1942. After basic ASTP at Pratt Institute in New York, S/Sgt Kondrich was transferred to the Infantry and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#1, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census,
Carnegie Alumnus, September 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Rebecca Evans