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Personal info

Full name
MC ANDREWS, George Thomas
Date of birth
4 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
West Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Drums, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
07024317
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 27 3

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Mc Andrews (father)
Minnie (Reckling) Mc Andrews (mother)
Thomas Mc Andrews (brother)
William T. Mc Andrews (brother)
James Reckling (half-brother)

More information

George McAndres enlisted on 13 April 1940 and after serving three years in the Panama Canal Zone returned to the United States for advanced training. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 27 November 1944 and died in a German POW Camp on 1 February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Plain Speaker

Photo source: www.findagrave.com