Frank E. McAndrew

Frank E. McAndrews

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/13/1944

Frank Edward McAndrews was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio on September 26, 1909.

Prior to entering military service he was employed at the J.C. McCullough Seed Company in Cincinnati.

He was drafted into the Army on October 10, 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio. His home of residence was listed as Cincinnati, Ohio
and his civilian occupation was listed as Unskilled Occupations In Production Of Grain Mill Products.
He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.

(Note: In many accounts and records his last name is spelled McAndrew.)

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private First Class in Company C,
in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Private First Class McAndrews was killed in action in France during 1st Battalion's attack against the Quineville ridge.

On the night of June 13, Company C and 1st Battalion were in positions north of
Fontenay-sur-Mer, dug in for the night, in preparation for the attack against the ridge the next day.

Bill Di Dio, the nephew of James J. Puglia writes:

"My uncle shared a fox hole with the other three men listed ( Joseph J. Garcarz, Frank B. McAndrews, Stephen Pacholek) .
They came under heavy artillery fire from German 88's...when they inspected the damage the next morning, my uncle and
the three others were thought to be asleep, but an 88 landed nearby and the concussion killed all four...
there wasn't a scratch on any of them.

Decorations of Frank E. McAndrews

Frank McAndrews was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France and in 1948
his remains were returned to the United States
aboard the United States Army Transport Lawrence Victory.
He was reinterred in Ohio on May 26, 1948.

Obituary for Frank McAndrews published in the Cincinnati Enquirer on 23 May 1948

By ancestorsaremylife from Ancestry.com

Burial:
Saint Joseph New Cemetery
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio
Plot: Section 17, Lot 24

Grave marker for Frank E. McAndrews

Photo by James (Jim) F. Kelly from the Find A Grave website

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