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Personal info

Full name
BASCO, Stephen James
Date of birth
7 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Calvert County, Maryland
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32842929
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 38 32

Immediate family

Members
George Basco (father)
Maria (Miklas) Basco (mother)
Mary Basco (sister)
Elizabeth Basco (sister)
Andrew J. Basco (brother)

More information

Cpl Stephen J. Basco was a punch press operator employed with the Remington Rand Company.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 16 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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