Andrew T. Loya

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 11/28/1944

Andrew Thomas Loya was born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont on May 18, 1919.

He was drafted into the Army on May 20, 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. His home of residence
was listed as Schenectady County, New York and his civilian occupation was listed as
Farm Hands, General Farms. He had completed grammar school. He was married in 1939.
His religion was listed as Catholic.

He was assigned to Company B from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 21, 1944.

Private Loya was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.
He was originally listed as Missing In Action on November 28 and his status was changed to
Killed In Action.

The entry for Andrew T. Loya in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of November 1944.
His initial entry was Missing and later changed to Killed In Action.

Courtesy of John Tomawski

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Private Andrew Loya's decorations

Andrew T. Loya was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium in Block I I Row 1 Grave 17 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Plot G Row 4 Grave 30

Grave marker for Andrew T. Loya

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