Name:
John Lawrence Pesko
Rank:
Trooper
Serial Number:
B/258
Unit:
Canadian Army
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Cassino (FR) Italy
Plot:
V
Row:
J
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Comments:
John L. Pesko was born on September 26, 1922 in Warren County Pennsylvania. He served in the Canadian Army in WW2 in the 5th Armd. Regt.iment,
8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars, R.C.A.C.. He was killed in Action on May 27, 1944 and is buried in the CWGC cemetery in Cassino, Italy. From the CWGC Website: Trooper
PESKO, JOHN LAWRENCE
Service Number B/258
Died 27/05/1944
Aged 21
5th Armd. Regt.
8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Son of John and Anna Pesko, of Warren, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
INSCRIPTION
REST IN PEACE OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER TILL WE MEET IN HEAVEN