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COLISHION, Peter Leslie "Crash" - Date of
birth
18 March 1920 -
Age
24 -
Place of birth
Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33471632 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 September 1944 - Place of
death
Crossing the Waal river in Holland
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 4 | 5 |
Immediate family
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Members
Simon Colishion (father)
Mary (Cepko) Colishion (mother)
Lawrenty Solop (step-father)
Andrew Kowaliszyn (brother)
Michael Kowaliszyn (brother)
Marie A. Colishion (sister)
Ann Solop (half-sister)
Emily Solop (half-sister)
More information
Pfc Peter L. Colishion enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 28 November 1942.He was already a veteran of the campaigns in Sicily, Italy and Normandy.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.
His family changed their name from Kowaliszyn after 1915.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card,
Photo source: Ralph Peeters