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Personal info

Full name
FILIP, Andrew Joseph
Date of birth
8 November 1908
Age
35
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31408615
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saulx-de-Vesoul, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 13

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Filip (father)
Maria H. (Hunyadi) Filip (mother)
Katherine Filip (sister)
Julius J. Filip (brother)
Joseph A. Filip (brother)
John J. Filip (brother)
Cecelia M. Filip (half-sister)
Marshall A. Filip (half-brother)
William F. Filip (half-brother)
Franklin W. Filip (half-brother)
Irene B. Filip (half-sister)
Anna T. (Kuhar) Filip (wife)

More information

Pvt Andrew J. Filip was married to Anna Teresa Kuhar on 25 November 1939.

He enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 13 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson