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Pachosa, Andrew J., Pfc.
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Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Nov 28, 1991
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANDREW J. PACHOSA WAS CARPENTER BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 22 APRIL 1941. PFC PACHOSA SERVED IN ALASKA (UNKNOWN UNIT) FROM 17 SEPTEMBER 1942 TO 2 APRIL 1944. SOMETIME AFTER HIS ARRIVAL BACK IN THE STATES PACHOSA WAS ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 276TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 70TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ON 15 DECEMBER 1944 THE 276TH ARRIVED IN EUROPE WHERE THEY SERVED UNTIL 4 OCTOBER 1945. ON 9 OCTOBER 1945 PACHOSA ARRIVED IN THE STATES AGAIN AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 21 OCTOBER 1945 AT THE INDIAN TOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVATION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.