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CASCIO, Brassie Steven - Date of
birth
22 April 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana -
Hometown
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36710620 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 December 1944 - Place of
death
Erria, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6 | 15 |
More information
Cpl Brassie S. Cascio graduated from Rockford High School wit the class of 1940.He enlisted on 30 June 1942.
S/Sgt James C. Hutto wrote in his memoirs:
There was a German machine gun sniper in a house in a little small town. Cascio went to the door and I guess the German surprised him there with that gun. He shot him up close; almost decapitated him. We got there real soon after. I turned the corner of the house and saw Cascio lying on the stone patio. There was his blood all over the stones, still steaming in the cold. They had already taken his boots. We later got a bazooka and shot that house to pieces.
Source of information: Tjarco Schuurmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov/aad, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.508pir.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, U.S. School Yearbook, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery