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Personal info

Full name
CASCO, Frederick Elgy
Date of birth
3 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
39474265
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 18

Immediate family

Members
Newton Casco (father)
Helen F. (Morigeau) Casco (mother)

More information

Pvt Frederick E. Casco was a welder before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 22 April 1944.

He was a member of the Salish Tribe from the Flathead Reservation in Montana.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indian Census Rolls, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper