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Personal info

Full name
IRVIN, Andrew Jackson
Date of birth
16 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Camp Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34835754
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 51

Immediate family

Members
William H. Irvin (father)
Susan C. (Sanders) Irvin (mother)
Otis Irvin (brother)
Argus Irvin (brother)
Annie L. Irvin (sister)
Ethel M. Irvin (sister)
Horace Irvin (brother)
Irene T. Irvin (wife)

More information

Pvt Andrew J. Irvin enlisted in Fulton County, Georgia on 21 February 1944.

He was the father of four children.

He was first buried in at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy springs, Fulton County, Georgia.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com - Tom Wesson, A Footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder & James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - The Atlanta Constitution