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PFC RUDY C. PLASKUR

Application and resulting grave marker for Pfc Rudy C. Plaskur in St. Mary's Cemetery, Warren (Trumbull county), Ohio.

Rudy enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH on 13 October 1942 and was assigned to Company A, 508th at Camp Blanding, FL.

Pvt Plaskur went through basic training there and moved with the regiment to Ft. Benning, GA for jump school and then to Camp Mackall for advanced training before being shipped to the ETO.

Pfc Plyler jumped into Normandy, France on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and was killed in action on 15 June 1944.  He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.