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Personal info

Full name
RYCHTER, Andrew
Date of birth
10 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Geddes, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42140265
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Gispersleben-Kerspleben, north of Erfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 2 14

Immediate family

Members
Bolerlaw Rychter (father)
Mary Rychter (mother)
Sophie M. Rychter (wife)
Marie R. Rychter (daughter)

More information

Pvt Andrew Rychter enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 11 May 1944.
He was an electrician before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Security death Index / Jewish servicemen Card, www.80thdivision.com, The Post Standard - 6 February 1962

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marie Rychter Markley Remick (daughter