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Personal info

Full name
ZURKO, Walter A
Date of birth
25 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33883827
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 53

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Zurko (father)
Emily (Mlinarsky) Zurko (mother)
Michael Zurko (brother)
Eugene Zurko (brother)

More information

Pvt Walter A. Zurko attended Old Forge High School and was employed by the Bryan Electrical Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 14 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader / The Evening News 10 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Times-Tribune - 9 March 1945