Washko Robert

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Robert Washko is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Robert Washko

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

33573850

Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Comments:

Robert Washko was born on September 8, 1922, in Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Washko and Mary Mudzo Washko.

Robert served in Company A, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private, during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt Washko is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.