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Personal info

Full name
SULICH, Andrew
Date of birth
13 October 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Shaft, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shaft, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33109053
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 95

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Sulich (father)
Magdalene (Dankowska) Sulich (mother)
Stephen Sulich (brother)
John Sulich (brother)
Annie Sulich (sister)
Mary Sulich (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Andrew Sulich attended high school for two years and was a miner before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 21 August 1941.

He died of wounds he received on 30 September 1944 caused by artillery shell fragments to his radius.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Schuylkill Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Republican and Herald - 6 November 1944