Name:
Libero Marko Rogo
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
31328496
Unit:
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-08-03
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot:
A
Row:
15
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Libero Marko Rogo was born on June 22, 1912, in Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. He served in the 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 3, 1944, when his platoon was ambushed by the Germans in the hamlet of Les Rolandières, in the town of Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany, France. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.