Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Co, 3d Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 11B10 – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Afghanistan NATO Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Deployments: 1st
Enlisted: 1-Aug-09
Date of birth: 3-Jul-91
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
High School: Holmes High School
Married: Elizabeth M. Andrade
Children: John Edward Andrade Jr was his 8 month old son
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 7-Aug-2010
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Der Khak Chupan Turah, Afghanistan
Place of interment: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas
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