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Personal info

Full name
SHIVAK, Andy J
Date of birth
24 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Powhatan, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35075209
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 61

Immediate family

Members
Andy Shivak (father)
Dora Shivak (mother)
Joe Shivak (brother)
Thelma Shivak (sister)
Elizabeth Shivak (sister)
Mary Shivak (sister)
Helen Shivak (sister)

More information

Pvt Andy J. Shivak attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 23 March 1944.

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 / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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