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Personal info

Full name
ROSKUP, Andrew Peter
Date of birth
9 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Frost, Faribault County, Minnesota
Hometown
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37646195
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 May 1945
Place of death
Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 32

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Roskup (father)
Pauline M. (Winter) Roskup (mother)
Paulina Roskup (sister)
Mary M. Roskup (sister)
Joseph P. Roskup (brother)
Peter N. Roskup (brother)
Pauline Roskup (sister)
Katherine M. Roskup (sister)
Edward J. Roskup (brother)
Rosemary J. Roskup (sister)
Jacob J. Roskup (brother)

More information

Pfc Andrew P. Roskup was employed at the Virgil Bowers Sawmill in Coralville before he enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 5 September 1944. he was sent overseas in 31 January 1945.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and body.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov – Edward Joseph Roskup (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files, www.findagrave.com – David Haspert

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Edward Joseph Roskup / Kim