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Personal info

Full name
FISHUN, Andrew
Date of birth
9 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31338094
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 36

Immediate family

Members
Carl Fishun (father)
Orlena (Benuniak) Fishun (mother)
Dorothy Fishun (sister)
Peter Fishun (brother)
Annie Fishun (sister)
Helen FIshun (sister)
Pauline Brenia (half-sister)
Sadie V. Brenia (half-sister)
Mary Brenia (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Andrew Fishun worked in a transport company before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 30 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hall