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Personal info

Full name
KRAWIEC, Andrew Paul
Date of birth
7 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31469197
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 17 20

Immediate family

Members
Paul Krawiec (father)
Mary Krawiec (mother)
Thillie Krawiec (sister)
Genevieve Krawiec (sister)
William Bodganski (stepbrother)
Stella M. (Nasal) Krawiec (wife)
Richard Krawiec (son)

More information

Pvt Andrew P. Krawiec was a graduate of Duryea High School. He was employed by the Aluminum Company.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 5 June 1944 and was trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama, Fort Benning, Georiga, and Fort Meade, Maryland. He had been overseas since January 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Krawiec Family