Henry Andres

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 90th Infantry Division, 359th Regiment, Co. F.

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Mar 6, 1942

Discharged: Dec 13, 1944

Highest Rank: SSG

Military Honors: Bronze Star, Purple Heart.

Honored By: Henry Andres, (nephew and namesake). 139 Roxbury Ave.Oakdale, NY 11769

Henry was my Uncle, and Namesake. He was the oldest of three brothers, (the youngest my father). He was born in Pennsylvania several years later the family moved to the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn NY. I learned from family, and friends Henry was an avid reader, a High School graduate, had a great sense of humor, and popular with the ladies. He was inducted in the Army on March 6th, 1942, and was assigned to Camp Upton, on Long Island NY, later Fort Lewis in Washington State. In July 1944 he shipped overseas to Europe, (ETO), becoming a member of the 90th, (Tough O’mbres) Infantry Division, 359th Regiment. I understand he saw action at St.Lo, and the Siegfried Line. Henry was Killed in Action on 13 Dec. 1944, in Dillingen Germany, just days before his 28th birthday. He is interred in the ABMC Cemetery Luxembourg, he received the Bronze Star, and Purple Heart posthumously.