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TSGT Thomas Bernard Silko
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TSGT Thomas Bernard Silko Veteran

Birth
Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Jul 1944 (aged 20)
Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #13038652
Enlistment Date: 11/06/1941; entered active duty service on 11/07/1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
371st Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Thomas B. Silko is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Washington County, Pennsylvania.

U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as North Pacific Ocean (Caroline Islands) on 5 Jul 1944.

Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 lists date of death as 07/05/1945.

Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 lists overseas service starting in either December 1943 or January 1944. Veterans residence at time of entry into active duty service was 916 Chess Street, Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, the residence of his parents.

***I would like to thank LAB Find A Grave ID 47214616 for creating this memorial in addition to adding their gravesite photos to it***

***I would like to thank miss_maine Find A Grave ID 50278045 for adding her photo of Thomas to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Harry Alexander Find A Grave ID 49232697 for adding their photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Susan M Find A Grave ID for updating the middle name, birth date/location and death date/location information on this memorial in addition to linking his parents to it***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #13038652
Enlistment Date: 11/06/1941; entered active duty service on 11/07/1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
371st Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Thomas B. Silko is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Washington County, Pennsylvania.

U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as North Pacific Ocean (Caroline Islands) on 5 Jul 1944.

Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 lists date of death as 07/05/1945.

Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 lists overseas service starting in either December 1943 or January 1944. Veterans residence at time of entry into active duty service was 916 Chess Street, Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, the residence of his parents.

***I would like to thank LAB Find A Grave ID 47214616 for creating this memorial in addition to adding their gravesite photos to it***

***I would like to thank miss_maine Find A Grave ID 50278045 for adding her photo of Thomas to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Harry Alexander Find A Grave ID 49232697 for adding their photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Susan M Find A Grave ID for updating the middle name, birth date/location and death date/location information on this memorial in addition to linking his parents to it***

Gravesite Details

Official declaration of death is 1945, one year and one day after death date.



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