PFC GEORGE  ALVANOS 31424215 KIA

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GEORGE  ALVANOS 31424215 KIA US Army. Private Alvanas graduated from Haverhill Trade School in 1943. While at school he was a member of the High School football team. He was employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker prior to his entering the Army, November 9, 1943. He attended the Technical Training School at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He served in the 245th Combat Engineer Battalion and went overseas on November 25, 1944, landing in England. He was a bulldozer operator with the 245th Combat Engineers and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, as well as many of the campaigns in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. On February 28, 1945, he was operating a bulldozer, grading a road in Mitz, Germany, when his group was attacked by enemy planes. He was struck by a shell and instantly killed. Private Alvanas is buried in a military cemetery in Luxembourg. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Alvanas, 23 So. Cogswell St., and two brothers.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GEORGE  ALVANOS 31424215 KIA US Army. Private Alvanas graduated from Haverhill Trade School in 1943. While at school he was a member of the High School football team. He was employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker prior to his entering the Army, November 9, 1943. He attended the Technical Training School at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He served in the 245th Combat Engineer Battalion and went overseas on November 25, 1944, landing in England. He was a bulldozer operator with the 245th Combat Engineers and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, as well as many of the campaigns in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. On February 28, 1945, he was operating a bulldozer, grading a road in Mitz, Germany, when his group was attacked by enemy planes. He was struck by a shell and instantly killed. Private Alvanas is buried in a military cemetery in Luxembourg. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Alvanas, 23 So. Cogswell St., and two brothers.

1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill  in World War Two

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