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Personal info

Full name
ANDROSKY, John Philip
Date of birth
21 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Glen Campbell, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Glen Campbell, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
32461611
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John P. Androsky (father)
Anna Androsky (mother)
Paul Androsky (brother)
Ann Androsky (sister)
Helen Androsky (sister)
Margaret Androsky (sister)
Betty Androsky (sister)
Marie Androsky (sister)
Genevia Androsky (sister)
Barbara Androsky (sister)
Irene Androsky (sister)
Josephine Androsky (sister)
Joseph Androsky (brother)
Carl Androsky (brother)

More information

Pvt John P. Androsky enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 20 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Indiana Evening Gazette 6 November 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Indiana Evening Gazette - 6 November 1944