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Personal info

Full name
VASKO, Gustav S Jr
Date of birth
3 March 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35842201
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remagen, Remagen bridge, Rhine River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 34

Immediate family

Members
Gustav S. Vasko (father)
Mary A. (Healy) Vasko (mother)
George Vasko (brother)
Dennis Vasko (brother)
Elsie M. (Campbell) Vasko (wife)
Edward L. Vasko (son)

More information

Pfc Gustav S. Vasko Jr. married Elsie M. Campbell on 26 September 1940.
Pfc Gustav S, Vasko enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 June 1944.

Pfc Gustav S. Vasko Jr. was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block B4, Row 4, Grave 70.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes / Ohio, Birth Index / U.S. City Directories / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Patti Johnson