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Personal info

Full name
WASHKO, Robert W
Date of birth
8 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Wintber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scalp Level, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33573850
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Lent, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 4 3

Immediate family

Members
John Washko (father)
Mary Washko (mother)
Thomas Washko (brother)
Charles S. Washko (brother)
Dorothy Washko (sister)
George Washko (brother)
John Washko (brother)
Frank Washko (brother)
Martin Washko (brother)
Victor Washko (brother)
Charlotte Washko (sister)
Edward Washko (brother)
Quinten Washko (brother)
Bernard Washko (brother)
Albert Washko (brother)
Helen Mudge (aunt)

More information

Pvt Robert Washko enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 24 February 1943.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Martin J. Washko (nephew), www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://www.sunsetmarch.nl

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Martin J. Washko (nephew)