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Personal info

Full name
KEVORKIAN, Andrew
Date of birth
10 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Aleppo, Syria
Hometown
Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31386161
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
87th Chemical Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 44

Immediate family

Members
Harry Kevorkian (father)
Margaret (Yapchaian) Kevorkian (mother)
Sarah Kevorkian (sister)

More information

Andrew Kevorkian immigrated into the U.S. on 21 November 1935.

He attended Cranston High School.

He enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 14 July 1943. He was sent overseas in March 1944.


Pfc Kevorkian was taken POW on 28 December 1944 in Sadzot, Belgium. He died as a POW trying to escape.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Rhode Island State Census1935 / New York Passenger and Crew lists 1909 / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.4point2.org/index.htm

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier, Cranston RI Warmemorial