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Personal info

Full name
ANDREAS, Robert August
Date of birth
13 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lyck, Ostpreussen, Germany
Hometown
Patterson, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33273462
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Suisse Landroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 20 17

Immediate family

Members
Gus Andreas (father)
Nellie Andreas (mother)
Gus Andreas (brother)
Freda Andreas (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert A. Andreas was employed at Gustavs Backery in New Castle before he enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsch