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Personal info

Full name
CANDELARIA, Andrew B
Date of birth
3 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
El Paso, Texas
Hometown
District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33747599
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vittonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 21

Immediate family

Members
Manuel Candelaria (father)
Natividad H. Candelaria (mother)
Margarita Candeleria (sister)
Santiago Candelaria (brother)
Rafael Candelaria (brother)
Manuel Candelaria (brother)
Natividad Candelaria (sister)
Velfora Candelaria (sister)
Isabel Candelaria (sister)
Lorenzo Candelaria (brother)
Andres Candelaria (brother)
Adela Candelaria (sister)
Rosa R. (Norton) Candelaria (wife)

More information

Pvt Andrew B. Candelaria worked as a clerk before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / 1942-1949, Houck Family Tree / Texas Birth Certificates

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