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Personal info

Full name
SUSHKO, Peter
Date of birth
14 March 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32512180
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vincinity of Witzleben, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 20 13

Immediate family

Members
Marcus Sushko (father)
Jane Sushko (mother)

More information

Cpl Peter Sushko and his parents moved to Vilna, Poland in 1913. He returned to Hastings in 1928. He attended Hastings Night School and was employed by the Russian Butcher Corp.

He enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 25 September 1942.
Cpl Peter Sushko is remembered at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, http://www.89infdivww2.org/combat/index.htm, WWII Draft Cards, The Hastings News - 17 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, The Hastings News - 17 May 1945