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Personal info

Full name
ANDREWS, Charles
Date of birth
22 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42090478
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brandenberg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
George Andrews (father)
Anna (Pukish) Andrews (mother)
Stella Andrews (sister)
Michael Andrews (brother)
Stephen Andrews (brother)
Catherine Andrews (sister)
Nellie Andrews (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles Andrews graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and was employed by Bausch & Lomb.

On 6 May 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Pvt Andrews was accounted for.

He was buried on 28 August 2021 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in his hometown of Rochester, New York

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Rochester First - 28 August 2021

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.findagrave.com - Ken Wisz