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Personal info

Full name
DISKO, Steve
Date of birth
20 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Buckner, Franklin County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37395576
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 64

Immediate family

Members
Wasil Disko (father)
Paraska Disko (mother)
Charles Disko (brother)
John Disko (brother)
Frank Disko (brother)
Julia Disko (sister)
Mike Disko (brother)
Wasil Disko (brother)
Thelma Disko (sister)

More information

Pvt Steve Disko enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 4 November 1942.

He was killed by shell fragments in the back.

Pvt Disko was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 14 March 1945. He was disinterred on 13 November1947 and given his final resting place on 13 July 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.allworldwars.com/The%20Remagen%20Bridgehead%20March%201945.html, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dan Mathys (nephew)