1st Lt. Robert August Schaloske
Born: 5 April 1921 – Forest Park, Illinois
Parents: Daniel & Emilie Schaloske
– parents divorced
Siblings: 1 sister
Home:
– 236 Lathrope Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– St. John’s Lutheran School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1939
Employed: Western Tire and Automotive
Selective Service Registration: 16 February 1942
Contact Person: Jerry Griffith – friend
Enlisted:
– 2 October 1942
Serial Number: O&705624
Training:
– Camp Hulen Army Airfield, Texas
– Enid, Oklahoma
– completed a nine-week course
– Aloe Army Airfield, Texas
– pilot
Unit:
– 315th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force
– flew P-40F
Stationed:
– Menzel Heuer, Tunisia – 3 October 1943
– Cercola, Italy – 27 October 1943
– LeBanca Airfield, Italy – 7 June 1944
– Montalto di Castro, Italy – 15 June 1944
– Corsica, 19 July 1944
– Le Luc, France – 22 August 1944
– Istres, France – 1 September 1944
– Amberieu, Franc – 6 September 1944
– Tavaux, France – 17 September 1944
Engagements:
– Battle of Tunisia
– Battle of Italy
– Battle of Corsica
– Battle of France
– Battle of Germany
– 15 December 1944
– plane shot down over Tubegin, Germany
– wounded during engagement
– 16 December 1944 – captured by Germans
Died:
– 28 December 1944 – of wounds
– Lazaret Tubingen Tubingen Wurttemberg 48 – 09
Original Burial:
– Lorraine American Military Cemetery, St. Avold, France
Reburied:
– 6 August 1949 – Forest Home Cemetery – Forest Park, Illinois
– Section: 28 Lot: 56
Medals:
– Purple Heart
