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Personal info

Full name
REPKO, George Joseph
Date of birth
30 September 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Sheppton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
20269957
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Best, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 11 19

Immediate family

Members
George J. Repko (father)
Mary A. (Vozar) Repko (mother)
John Repko (brother)
Mary Repko (sister)
Anne K. Repko (sister)
Rita R. Repko (sister)
Florence Repko (sister)

More information

Sgt George J. Repko graduated from Johnson City High School in June 1939.

He joined the National Guard in Binghamton, New York on 15 October 1940 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin