Pvt. Paul Harold Georgandas

Parents: Paul J. & Edna Georgandas

Siblings: 1 sister

Home:

    - 7442 West Harvard Street - Forest Park, Illinois

        - family would later move to 6214 North Naper Avenue - Chicago, Illinois

Education:

    - Field Stevenson School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Graduating Class: 1941

Occupation:

    - worked at family's grocery store

Inducted:

    - 29 February 1943

        - U.S. Army

Serial Number: 36653221

Training: 

    - Camp Robinson - Little Rock, Arkansas

Unit: Company B, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Engagements:

    - Volturno River - Italy

    - Monte Casino - Italy

    - Anzio - Italy

Killed in Action:

    - 3 July 1944

        - hit by shrapnel - Casole, Italy

Buried: 

    - Waldheim Cemetery - Forest Park, Illinois

        - Section: 75   Lot: 82

        - cemetery merged with Forest Home Cemetery in late 1960s

Medals: Purple Heart

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