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Personal info

Full name
YUREK, Andrew Joseph Jr
Date of birth
18 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Marion Heights, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Marion Heights, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33877564
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 20

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Yurek (father)
Mary V. (Andrusko) Yurek (mother)
John L. Yurek (brother)
Edward Yurek (brother)
Anna D. Yurek (sister)
Helen Yurek (sister)

More information

Pvt Andrew J. Yurek Jr. attended high school for one year and was employed at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 31 August 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

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, www.findagrave.com - K Harned
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