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Personal info

Full name
VASO, George E
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35057511
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Hohnstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Julius Vaso (father)
Rose (Staron) Vaso (mother)
Helen Vaso (sister)

More information

Pfc George E. Vaso attended West Technical High School for two years. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 3 April 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 1 December 1944 and died in Stalag IV-A.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Georgean E. Pebbles