Ter Waarbeek Andrew “Andy”

Name:

Andrew “Andy” Ter Waarbeek

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

294th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-03-20

State:

New Jersey

Cemetery:

George Washington Memorial Park, New Jersey

Plot:

Block C, Lot 224, Section C

Row:

Grave:

3

Decoration:

Comments:

Andrew “Andy” Ter Waarbeek was born on May 1, 1923, in Paramus, New Jersey. He was the son of John Ter Waarbeek and Anna Bakker Ter Waarbeek. He served in the C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Private during World War II.

In the grounds of 228th Station Hospital, Haydon Park, Sherborne, England, recovering mines after mine-laying exercise on March 20, 1944, a truck rolled back over a live mine killing 29 members of C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion. Company "C" had just finished an exercise with mine laying and then picked up the anti-tank mines and placed them alongside a truck to be taken to a safe area until the next exercise. The truck accidentally backed up over some mines and about 90 mines exploded.

PVT Ter Waarbeek was one of the soldiers killed in the accident. He is now buried in the George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

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