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Personal info

Full name
BUSHKO, Pete
Date of birth
27 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Osceola Mills, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Rush, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
42183134
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mainz-Kastel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 45

Immediate family

Members
Michael Bushko (father)
Rose Bushko (mother)
Elizabeth Bushko (sister)
Walter Bushko (brother)
Michael Bushko (brother)
Alex Bushko (brother)
Helen Bushko (sister)
Leon L. Bushko (brother)
Joseph Bushko (brother)
Paul Bushko (brother)
George Bushko (brother)

More information

Pvt Pete Bushko enlisted in New York City, New York on 3 October 1944.

He joined his unit from the 57th Replacement Battalion on 17 March 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
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