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Personal info

Full name
KARLO, Rudolph Martin "Rudi"
Date of birth
8 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Glassmere, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Glassmere, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33950528
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gentingen, Roth or Obersgegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Martin J. Karlo (father)
Mary R. (Goldsscheiter) Karlo (mother)
Joseph Karlo (brother)
John Karlo (brother)
Martin Karlo (brother)

More information

Pvt Rudolph M. Karlo enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 24 June 1944.

He is remebered at the Our Lady of Hope Cemetery in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Phantom of the Ruhr