VASKO-JOSEPH
JOSEPH VASKO
Rate/Rank
SF3
SF3
Service Branch
USNR 00/1943 - 6/1944
Born
01/10/1925
PHOENIXVILLE, PA
KILLED IN ACTION - USS LST-314, 06/09/1944; BURIED AT SEA BY HMS RECRUIT
USS LST-314 - SUNK BY GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT, INVASION OF NORMANDY
PURPLE HEART
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
HONORED ON 'WALL OF THE MISSING', AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR MER, FRANCE AND EULOGY GIVEN BY NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, NORMANDY INSTITUTE PROGRAM, JUNE 2016.