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Personal info

Full name
KRASOVEC, Andrew Eugene
Date of birth
21 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lyndern Clay, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
West Sunbury, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33923022
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 11 6

Immediate family

Members
John Krasovec (father)
Mary (Sterle) Krasovec (mother)
Angeline Krasovec (sister)
John Krasovec (brother)
Jennie Krasovec (sister)
Frank H. Krasovec (brother)
Joseph Krasovec (brother)
Mary Krasovec (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Andrew E. Krasovec attended high school for four years and was a miner employed by the Pittsburgh-Erie Coal Co. before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 26 July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Stearle Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper