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Personal info

Full name
BANDO, George Robert
Date of birth
27 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Melcroft, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33430216
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 41 18

Immediate family

Members
Antonio Bando (father)
Jennie G. Bando (mother)
Frank Bando (brother)
Arthur Bando (brother)
William Bando (brother)
Paul Bando (brother)
Mary Bando (sister)
Samuel Bando (brother)
Grace Bando (sister)
Angeline Bando (sister)

More information

Pfc George R. Bando graduated from Ramsay High School in 1942 and was a driver before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 23 February 1943. Ha was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He is remembered at the Saint Pius X Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Kathi Lynn King / Linda Carole Mustion, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Courier 15 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Kathi Lynn King