Dear Enrico: Just sent you a private message on FB, sorry to hear about your year. As they say, "When it rains, it pours", and I find this so true.

I will send this request to my friend at the 34th Infantry Division. Let's see what happens.

Very true, but here it also says "it can not rain forever"!

PS: Thanx for the help Marion!

Heard back from Pat. Sorry, no good news...

Marion Chard:

Sorry, no match for your query nor a date of death for FOSKO:
- no match for family name FOSKO in the death or POW records of the 34th division
- no match for a serial number containing the string segment ...3573...
- no match for family name FOSKO in the American Battle Monuments Commission WW II records

- Generally the Infantry Regiments in WW II each had three Infantry Battalions: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
- The 2nd Infantry Battalions generally consisted of the "E", "F", and "G" Rifle Companies, and an "H" Heavy Weapons Company.

- The Infantry Regiment and each of its Infantry Battalions also has their own Headquarters Company.

- General Orders, each with their issue numbers, sequence, date, and subject might be issued at the battalion, regiment, and division level for their own needs.

FYI: the map location or place name where such an artifact is found would also help us to establish a possible 'story' for its history and date. Thanks, and keep digging.

Pat Skelly
Senior Historian

 

As always thanks Marion .... I am informing the place of occurrence, as soon as I know I let you know! But I think he's back at home and I've only lost dog tag here in Italy....

this is his ancestry page

http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/bernard-lee-fosko_155604136

and this is an article about the death of a son, I do not know if it can help....

http://www.tribunecourier.com/view/full_story/23940475/article-Joe-Fosko--?

and here speaks of the death of his wife .... from what I can understand all three children have already died.... damn that unfortunate family .... makes me sad

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106117619

This is a page dedicated to his son who died in 2013, I am trying to go back to some nephew...

http://www.milnerandorr.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=49915#/celebrationWall

here is an article about him!

https://books.google.it/books?id=HeUMfd5gHWoC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Brenda+Marie+Fosko+Coreau&source=bl&ots=v8vCP3FO1T&sig=Amtm739p6bMbM3C7jvWhePnNjV4&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBWoVChMInqzqjPT5yAIVBXwPCh0fPwWs#v=onepage&q=Brenda%20Marie%20Fosko%20Coreau&f=false

looking and searching for connections, in the article I found the grandchildren and, the history of one of the sons.... amazing I think I've found the grandchildren and the daughter's husband directly on white pages

Fosco.pdf

thank him for me! However I would say at this point mission successful! My friend will try to contact the wife of the son of Fosko!

He will see your thank you, for he will read this post.

Fascinating!

Thank you for sharing all of this and the work too!

It is really exciting to read your story from the beginning - we get a chance to learn about a man and his life during and after the War.

Thank you very much,

Jean

Wishing you all the success.