On Saturday, December 10, 2011. Beloved son of Therese and Orest, and beloved brother of Mark and Mathew. Andrew was born on August 25, 1973, attended Navy Elementary School in Fairfax VA, Shevchenko Ukrainian School in Maryland, and graduated from Oakton High School in Oakton, VA in 1992. Andrew enlisted in the United States Navy in 1994, and served his country with distinction, most recently in the Navy's Riverine Unit at Little Creek VA. Andrew received numerous awards, and achieved the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. In 2005 Andrew was a finalist for the Navy's Sailor of the Year Award. In 2011 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) selected him to be the Navy's first representative to the DEA International Fellowship Program. Andrew was blessed with a cheerful, optimistic and exuberant personality. His fellow sailors and officers loved and respected him. Andrew was a natural leader of men. He had a profound impact on all who knew him. Andrew's parents, brothers and extended family are extremely proud of his accomplishments, and of the wonderful, caring, generous and moral way he conducted his amazing, but tragically short life. A religious service (including Panakheda) will be held at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family at 4250 Harewood Road NW, Washington DC. on January 10 at 7 p.m. Andrew will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on January 11, 2012 at 9 a.m.
Amy Castor (Flora)
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Bahadir Kaya
ANDREW STEPHAN DIACHOK
On Saturday, December 10, 2011. Beloved son of Therese and Orest, and beloved brother of Mark and Mathew. Andrew was born on August 25, 1973, attended Navy Elementary School in Fairfax VA, Shevchenko Ukrainian School in Maryland, and graduated from Oakton High School in Oakton, VA in 1992. Andrew enlisted in the United States Navy in 1994, and served his country with distinction, most recently in the Navy's Riverine Unit at Little Creek VA. Andrew received numerous awards, and achieved the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. In 2005 Andrew was a finalist for the Navy's Sailor of the Year Award. In 2011 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) selected him to be the Navy's first representative to the DEA International Fellowship Program. Andrew was blessed with a cheerful, optimistic and exuberant personality. His fellow sailors and officers loved and respected him. Andrew was a natural leader of men. He had a profound impact on all who knew him. Andrew's parents, brothers and extended family are extremely proud of his accomplishments, and of the wonderful, caring, generous and moral way he conducted his amazing, but tragically short life. A religious service (including Panakheda) will be held at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family at 4250 Harewood Road NW, Washington DC. on January 10 at 7 p.m. Andrew will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on January 11, 2012 at 9 a.m.