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Personal info

Full name
SLATER, Andrew Jackson
Date of birth
23 October 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Raleigh County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15088887
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Châtenois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 49

Immediate family

Members
Clarence N. Slater (father)
Bertha (Burdette) Slater (mother)
Margaret Slater (sister)
William L. Slater (brother)
Golden A. Slater (brother)
Charles J. Slater (brother)
James D. Slater (brother)

More information

Pvt Andrew J. Slater volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 21 January 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Feathers Family Tree / Combat History 79th Infantry Division / www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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