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Personal info

Full name
KELLEY, Andrew
Date of birth
19 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33080940
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 40

Immediate family

Members
Peter Kelley (father)
Mary Kelley (mother)
Mike Kelley (brother)
George Kelley (brother)
Julia Kelley (sister)
John Kelley (brother)
Susan Kelley (sister)
Katherine Kelley (sister)
Joseph Kelley (brother)
Julia Kelley (sister)
Margaret Kelley (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Andrew Kelley was a miner, employed by Jones & Laughlin Vest 4 Mine in Pittsburgh.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 25 July 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his action on 3 November 1944 when the 15th Infantry Regiment attacked the village of La Salle.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy