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Personal info

Full name
NICOLICH, Andrew
Date of birth
14 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Unie, Istria, Italy
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32656910
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 49 26

Immediate family

Members
Andrea S. Nicolich (father)
Agata Nicolich (mother)
Maria Nicolich (sister)
Martin Nicolich (brother)
Filicita Nicolich (sister)

More information

Pfc Andrew Nicolich was employed at the Atlantic Stevedore Barberline before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 5 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / W. Nicolich Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - W. Nicolich