The remains of Cpl. Thomas E. Andrews, who died Dec. 7, 1944 from wounds received in combat in Germany, will be re-intered in Sunset Hills Cemetery Saturday afternoon following services at Dokken, Nelson and Kippen's Sunset chapel at 2 o'clock. Cpl. Thomas E. Andrews parents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Andrews, 601 North Tracy.
Military graveside rites will be held in Sunset Hills Cemetery for the Bozeman soldier, who was awarded the purple heart with oak leaf cluster and the bronze star "for heroic achievement." The remains are expected to arrive here Thursday evening.
Corporal Andrews was born January 27, 1915 in Sumner, Wisc., and as an infant came to Montana with his family. They resided on a ranch near Clyde Park for about 12 years. He attended schools at Story Mill and at Fowler school and after the family moved to Bozeman he was enrolled at Emerson grade school and Gallatin County high school.
Prior to entering the service he had been employed at several ranches in the Gallatin valley and by the U.S. Biological survey and the U.S. Forest Service.
On January 18, 1944 he was married to Norma Oma, now Mrs. Forest Young of this city.
Enlisting in the army in January of 1942, Corporal Andrews received training at Fort Lewis, Wash.; Camp Roberts, Calif.; Camp Barkley, Texas; Shreveport, LA.; and Fort Dix, New York. In March of 1944 he sailed for England and was wounded in the Battle of Normandy in June, 1944. He spent four months at a hospital in England.
In November of that year he returned to his company in Germany, where he was wounded again on December 6 and died the following day at a hospital in France.
The citation accompanying the bronze star, which was presented posthumously, reads: "For heroic achievement on 6 December 1944 in the vicinity of ….. During an attack, a communications line was severed by enemy artillery fire. Corporal Andrews, wireman and telephone operator, traversed areas subjected to intense enemy fire and succeeded in repairing the wire line. Although he was wounded severely in this action, the successful completion of his mission enabled the forward observer to direct artillery fire which destroyed key enemy emplacements. His heroic achievement was in accordance with military tradition."
In addition to his parents and widow in Bozeman, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Foreman, three nieces, Marie, Betty and June Foreman, one nephew, Robert Foreman, all of 516 West Lamme, and a number of aunts and uncles in Wisconsin.
~ Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ September 1948
Military graveside rites will be held in Sunset Hills Cemetery for the Bozeman soldier, who was awarded the purple heart with oak leaf cluster and the bronze star "for heroic achievement." The remains are expected to arrive here Thursday evening.
Corporal Andrews was born January 27, 1915 in Sumner, Wisc., and as an infant came to Montana with his family. They resided on a ranch near Clyde Park for about 12 years. He attended schools at Story Mill and at Fowler school and after the family moved to Bozeman he was enrolled at Emerson grade school and Gallatin County high school.
Prior to entering the service he had been employed at several ranches in the Gallatin valley and by the U.S. Biological survey and the U.S. Forest Service.
On January 18, 1944 he was married to Norma Oma, now Mrs. Forest Young of this city.
Enlisting in the army in January of 1942, Corporal Andrews received training at Fort Lewis, Wash.; Camp Roberts, Calif.; Camp Barkley, Texas; Shreveport, LA.; and Fort Dix, New York. In March of 1944 he sailed for England and was wounded in the Battle of Normandy in June, 1944. He spent four months at a hospital in England.
In November of that year he returned to his company in Germany, where he was wounded again on December 6 and died the following day at a hospital in France.
The citation accompanying the bronze star, which was presented posthumously, reads: "For heroic achievement on 6 December 1944 in the vicinity of ….. During an attack, a communications line was severed by enemy artillery fire. Corporal Andrews, wireman and telephone operator, traversed areas subjected to intense enemy fire and succeeded in repairing the wire line. Although he was wounded severely in this action, the successful completion of his mission enabled the forward observer to direct artillery fire which destroyed key enemy emplacements. His heroic achievement was in accordance with military tradition."
In addition to his parents and widow in Bozeman, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Foreman, three nieces, Marie, Betty and June Foreman, one nephew, Robert Foreman, all of 516 West Lamme, and a number of aunts and uncles in Wisconsin.
~ Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ September 1948
The remains of Cpl. Thomas E. Andrews, who died Dec. 7, 1944 from wounds received in combat in Germany, will be re-intered in Sunset Hills Cemetery Saturday afternoon following services at Dokken, Nelson and Kippen's Sunset chapel at 2 o'clock. Cpl. Thomas E. Andrews parents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Andrews, 601 North Tracy.
Military graveside rites will be held in Sunset Hills Cemetery for the Bozeman soldier, who was awarded the purple heart with oak leaf cluster and the bronze star "for heroic achievement." The remains are expected to arrive here Thursday evening.
Corporal Andrews was born January 27, 1915 in Sumner, Wisc., and as an infant came to Montana with his family. They resided on a ranch near Clyde Park for about 12 years. He attended schools at Story Mill and at Fowler school and after the family moved to Bozeman he was enrolled at Emerson grade school and Gallatin County high school.
Prior to entering the service he had been employed at several ranches in the Gallatin valley and by the U.S. Biological survey and the U.S. Forest Service.
On January 18, 1944 he was married to Norma Oma, now Mrs. Forest Young of this city.
Enlisting in the army in January of 1942, Corporal Andrews received training at Fort Lewis, Wash.; Camp Roberts, Calif.; Camp Barkley, Texas; Shreveport, LA.; and Fort Dix, New York. In March of 1944 he sailed for England and was wounded in the Battle of Normandy in June, 1944. He spent four months at a hospital in England.
In November of that year he returned to his company in Germany, where he was wounded again on December 6 and died the following day at a hospital in France.
The citation accompanying the bronze star, which was presented posthumously, reads: "For heroic achievement on 6 December 1944 in the vicinity of ….. During an attack, a communications line was severed by enemy artillery fire. Corporal Andrews, wireman and telephone operator, traversed areas subjected to intense enemy fire and succeeded in repairing the wire line. Although he was wounded severely in this action, the successful completion of his mission enabled the forward observer to direct artillery fire which destroyed key enemy emplacements. His heroic achievement was in accordance with military tradition."
In addition to his parents and widow in Bozeman, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Foreman, three nieces, Marie, Betty and June Foreman, one nephew, Robert Foreman, all of 516 West Lamme, and a number of aunts and uncles in Wisconsin.
~ Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ September 1948
Military graveside rites will be held in Sunset Hills Cemetery for the Bozeman soldier, who was awarded the purple heart with oak leaf cluster and the bronze star "for heroic achievement." The remains are expected to arrive here Thursday evening.
Corporal Andrews was born January 27, 1915 in Sumner, Wisc., and as an infant came to Montana with his family. They resided on a ranch near Clyde Park for about 12 years. He attended schools at Story Mill and at Fowler school and after the family moved to Bozeman he was enrolled at Emerson grade school and Gallatin County high school.
Prior to entering the service he had been employed at several ranches in the Gallatin valley and by the U.S. Biological survey and the U.S. Forest Service.
On January 18, 1944 he was married to Norma Oma, now Mrs. Forest Young of this city.
Enlisting in the army in January of 1942, Corporal Andrews received training at Fort Lewis, Wash.; Camp Roberts, Calif.; Camp Barkley, Texas; Shreveport, LA.; and Fort Dix, New York. In March of 1944 he sailed for England and was wounded in the Battle of Normandy in June, 1944. He spent four months at a hospital in England.
In November of that year he returned to his company in Germany, where he was wounded again on December 6 and died the following day at a hospital in France.
The citation accompanying the bronze star, which was presented posthumously, reads: "For heroic achievement on 6 December 1944 in the vicinity of ….. During an attack, a communications line was severed by enemy artillery fire. Corporal Andrews, wireman and telephone operator, traversed areas subjected to intense enemy fire and succeeded in repairing the wire line. Although he was wounded severely in this action, the successful completion of his mission enabled the forward observer to direct artillery fire which destroyed key enemy emplacements. His heroic achievement was in accordance with military tradition."
In addition to his parents and widow in Bozeman, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Foreman, three nieces, Marie, Betty and June Foreman, one nephew, Robert Foreman, all of 516 West Lamme, and a number of aunts and uncles in Wisconsin.
~ Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ September 1948
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