Service ID: 34508635. Killed in Action 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines.
George married Dorothy Marion Rice. They had one son also named George W. Andrews (1944-2010). He was born one month before his father was killed. George W. Andrews (1923 Tennessee), a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army on 29 January 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was married, had completed Grammar school and had been working in "Semiskilled inter-industry metal working occupations, n.e.c.". He was described as 72 inches (6') and 158 lbs.George became a paratrooper and he was assigned to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 11th Airborne Division. He was attached to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, a Light Machine Gun Platoon.On 08 May 1944, the 511th PIR departed from San Francisco for New Guinea on the SS Sea Pike. There were about 2,000 troopers aboard. They arrived at Oro Bay, New Guinea on 28 May 1944. There they were on Strategic Reserve and conducted airborne, jungle and amphibious training. On 11 November 1944, HQ2 Company departed Oro Bay, New Guinea aboard the Navy APA (Attack Personnel Transport), the "USS Golden City (AP-169)". There were 15 ships altogether in the convoy (task unit 79.15.1) bound for Leyte Island, Philippines. They arrived in the Leyte Gulf on 18 November 1944 and went ashore in landing barges, between Dulag and Abuyog at a place called Bito Beach. The mission of the 511th on Leyte was to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island, and engage and destroy the Japanese forces in its operational area, in support of the battle for Ormoc. It served as an infantry division and did not operate in an airborne capacity. The 511th performed this mission during harsh monsoonal weather in the steep, heavily forested terrain. On 25 November, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved west from Burauen for Mahonag, ten miles away. The almost impassable terrain, heavy rainfall, and pockets of lurking Japanese made passage very difficult. It was impossible for the regiment to move as a unit. In small parties, sometimes even less than a squad, the 511th moved forward. The journey to Mahonag defies description. The regiment advanced slowly, its progress impeded by heavy Japanese resistance, a lack of mapped trails, and heavy rainfall, with more than twenty-three inches (60 cm) of rain falling in Leyte in November alone. As the regiment advanced, resupply became progressively more difficult, with the division resorting to using large numbers of Piper Cub aircraft to drop food and ammunition to the regiment as it advanced. Source: History of the 11th Airborne Division – Leyte Up and down the mountain trails we went. Wet to the bone and being ambushed just about daily. Bumbling into the Nips here and there... When someone was killed, we would bury them, but some of the dead we never did find. The wounded we carried on litters. (The troopers that we did bury were exhumed after the campaign and sent to various military sites. This was done by a special unit of the U.S. Army. Most of our guys were buried on "Rock Hill".) This whole affair was really getting rough on us, but our morale was high, because we knew we were winning. Each day, we would move further west toward our objective, Ormoc. Source: No One Smiled on Leyte by Deane E. Marks HQ2-511th PIRhttp://www.thedropzone.org/pacific/marks2.htm
Pfc. George W. Andrews was killed on 12 December 1944, 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines. Pfc. George W. Andrews was first buried in a grave in the vicinity of where he met his death. After the campaign his body was disinterred and his remains were brought to 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands. The cemetery was located just outside the town of Palo, approximately eight miles south of Tacloban, Leyte Island. After the war his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (wife, Mrs. Dorothy M. Andrews).
George married Dorothy Marion Rice. They had one son also named George W. Andrews (1944-2010). He was born one month before his father was killed. George W. Andrews (1923 Tennessee), a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army on 29 January 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was married, had completed Grammar school and had been working in "Semiskilled inter-industry metal working occupations, n.e.c.". He was described as 72 inches (6') and 158 lbs.George became a paratrooper and he was assigned to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 11th Airborne Division. He was attached to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, a Light Machine Gun Platoon.On 08 May 1944, the 511th PIR departed from San Francisco for New Guinea on the SS Sea Pike. There were about 2,000 troopers aboard. They arrived at Oro Bay, New Guinea on 28 May 1944. There they were on Strategic Reserve and conducted airborne, jungle and amphibious training. On 11 November 1944, HQ2 Company departed Oro Bay, New Guinea aboard the Navy APA (Attack Personnel Transport), the "USS Golden City (AP-169)". There were 15 ships altogether in the convoy (task unit 79.15.1) bound for Leyte Island, Philippines. They arrived in the Leyte Gulf on 18 November 1944 and went ashore in landing barges, between Dulag and Abuyog at a place called Bito Beach. The mission of the 511th on Leyte was to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island, and engage and destroy the Japanese forces in its operational area, in support of the battle for Ormoc. It served as an infantry division and did not operate in an airborne capacity. The 511th performed this mission during harsh monsoonal weather in the steep, heavily forested terrain. On 25 November, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved west from Burauen for Mahonag, ten miles away. The almost impassable terrain, heavy rainfall, and pockets of lurking Japanese made passage very difficult. It was impossible for the regiment to move as a unit. In small parties, sometimes even less than a squad, the 511th moved forward. The journey to Mahonag defies description. The regiment advanced slowly, its progress impeded by heavy Japanese resistance, a lack of mapped trails, and heavy rainfall, with more than twenty-three inches (60 cm) of rain falling in Leyte in November alone. As the regiment advanced, resupply became progressively more difficult, with the division resorting to using large numbers of Piper Cub aircraft to drop food and ammunition to the regiment as it advanced. Source: History of the 11th Airborne Division – Leyte Up and down the mountain trails we went. Wet to the bone and being ambushed just about daily. Bumbling into the Nips here and there... When someone was killed, we would bury them, but some of the dead we never did find. The wounded we carried on litters. (The troopers that we did bury were exhumed after the campaign and sent to various military sites. This was done by a special unit of the U.S. Army. Most of our guys were buried on "Rock Hill".) This whole affair was really getting rough on us, but our morale was high, because we knew we were winning. Each day, we would move further west toward our objective, Ormoc. Source: No One Smiled on Leyte by Deane E. Marks HQ2-511th PIRhttp://www.thedropzone.org/pacific/marks2.htm
Pfc. George W. Andrews was killed on 12 December 1944, 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines. Pfc. George W. Andrews was first buried in a grave in the vicinity of where he met his death. After the campaign his body was disinterred and his remains were brought to 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands. The cemetery was located just outside the town of Palo, approximately eight miles south of Tacloban, Leyte Island. After the war his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (wife, Mrs. Dorothy M. Andrews).
Service ID: 34508635. Killed in Action 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines.
George married Dorothy Marion Rice. They had one son also named George W. Andrews (1944-2010). He was born one month before his father was killed. George W. Andrews (1923 Tennessee), a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army on 29 January 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was married, had completed Grammar school and had been working in "Semiskilled inter-industry metal working occupations, n.e.c.". He was described as 72 inches (6') and 158 lbs.George became a paratrooper and he was assigned to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 11th Airborne Division. He was attached to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, a Light Machine Gun Platoon.On 08 May 1944, the 511th PIR departed from San Francisco for New Guinea on the SS Sea Pike. There were about 2,000 troopers aboard. They arrived at Oro Bay, New Guinea on 28 May 1944. There they were on Strategic Reserve and conducted airborne, jungle and amphibious training. On 11 November 1944, HQ2 Company departed Oro Bay, New Guinea aboard the Navy APA (Attack Personnel Transport), the "USS Golden City (AP-169)". There were 15 ships altogether in the convoy (task unit 79.15.1) bound for Leyte Island, Philippines. They arrived in the Leyte Gulf on 18 November 1944 and went ashore in landing barges, between Dulag and Abuyog at a place called Bito Beach. The mission of the 511th on Leyte was to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island, and engage and destroy the Japanese forces in its operational area, in support of the battle for Ormoc. It served as an infantry division and did not operate in an airborne capacity. The 511th performed this mission during harsh monsoonal weather in the steep, heavily forested terrain. On 25 November, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved west from Burauen for Mahonag, ten miles away. The almost impassable terrain, heavy rainfall, and pockets of lurking Japanese made passage very difficult. It was impossible for the regiment to move as a unit. In small parties, sometimes even less than a squad, the 511th moved forward. The journey to Mahonag defies description. The regiment advanced slowly, its progress impeded by heavy Japanese resistance, a lack of mapped trails, and heavy rainfall, with more than twenty-three inches (60 cm) of rain falling in Leyte in November alone. As the regiment advanced, resupply became progressively more difficult, with the division resorting to using large numbers of Piper Cub aircraft to drop food and ammunition to the regiment as it advanced. Source: History of the 11th Airborne Division – Leyte Up and down the mountain trails we went. Wet to the bone and being ambushed just about daily. Bumbling into the Nips here and there... When someone was killed, we would bury them, but some of the dead we never did find. The wounded we carried on litters. (The troopers that we did bury were exhumed after the campaign and sent to various military sites. This was done by a special unit of the U.S. Army. Most of our guys were buried on "Rock Hill".) This whole affair was really getting rough on us, but our morale was high, because we knew we were winning. Each day, we would move further west toward our objective, Ormoc. Source: No One Smiled on Leyte by Deane E. Marks HQ2-511th PIRhttp://www.thedropzone.org/pacific/marks2.htm
Pfc. George W. Andrews was killed on 12 December 1944, 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines. Pfc. George W. Andrews was first buried in a grave in the vicinity of where he met his death. After the campaign his body was disinterred and his remains were brought to 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands. The cemetery was located just outside the town of Palo, approximately eight miles south of Tacloban, Leyte Island. After the war his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (wife, Mrs. Dorothy M. Andrews).
George married Dorothy Marion Rice. They had one son also named George W. Andrews (1944-2010). He was born one month before his father was killed. George W. Andrews (1923 Tennessee), a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army on 29 January 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was married, had completed Grammar school and had been working in "Semiskilled inter-industry metal working occupations, n.e.c.". He was described as 72 inches (6') and 158 lbs.George became a paratrooper and he was assigned to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 11th Airborne Division. He was attached to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, a Light Machine Gun Platoon.On 08 May 1944, the 511th PIR departed from San Francisco for New Guinea on the SS Sea Pike. There were about 2,000 troopers aboard. They arrived at Oro Bay, New Guinea on 28 May 1944. There they were on Strategic Reserve and conducted airborne, jungle and amphibious training. On 11 November 1944, HQ2 Company departed Oro Bay, New Guinea aboard the Navy APA (Attack Personnel Transport), the "USS Golden City (AP-169)". There were 15 ships altogether in the convoy (task unit 79.15.1) bound for Leyte Island, Philippines. They arrived in the Leyte Gulf on 18 November 1944 and went ashore in landing barges, between Dulag and Abuyog at a place called Bito Beach. The mission of the 511th on Leyte was to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island, and engage and destroy the Japanese forces in its operational area, in support of the battle for Ormoc. It served as an infantry division and did not operate in an airborne capacity. The 511th performed this mission during harsh monsoonal weather in the steep, heavily forested terrain. On 25 November, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved west from Burauen for Mahonag, ten miles away. The almost impassable terrain, heavy rainfall, and pockets of lurking Japanese made passage very difficult. It was impossible for the regiment to move as a unit. In small parties, sometimes even less than a squad, the 511th moved forward. The journey to Mahonag defies description. The regiment advanced slowly, its progress impeded by heavy Japanese resistance, a lack of mapped trails, and heavy rainfall, with more than twenty-three inches (60 cm) of rain falling in Leyte in November alone. As the regiment advanced, resupply became progressively more difficult, with the division resorting to using large numbers of Piper Cub aircraft to drop food and ammunition to the regiment as it advanced. Source: History of the 11th Airborne Division – Leyte Up and down the mountain trails we went. Wet to the bone and being ambushed just about daily. Bumbling into the Nips here and there... When someone was killed, we would bury them, but some of the dead we never did find. The wounded we carried on litters. (The troopers that we did bury were exhumed after the campaign and sent to various military sites. This was done by a special unit of the U.S. Army. Most of our guys were buried on "Rock Hill".) This whole affair was really getting rough on us, but our morale was high, because we knew we were winning. Each day, we would move further west toward our objective, Ormoc. Source: No One Smiled on Leyte by Deane E. Marks HQ2-511th PIRhttp://www.thedropzone.org/pacific/marks2.htm
Pfc. George W. Andrews was killed on 12 December 1944, 3 miles east of Mahonag, Leyte Province, Philippines. Pfc. George W. Andrews was first buried in a grave in the vicinity of where he met his death. After the campaign his body was disinterred and his remains were brought to 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands. The cemetery was located just outside the town of Palo, approximately eight miles south of Tacloban, Leyte Island. After the war his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (wife, Mrs. Dorothy M. Andrews).
Inscription
PFC, 511 PRCHT INF REGT, 11 ABN DIV WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Buried: 31 August 1948.
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