Colishion Peter Leslie “Crash”

Name:

Peter Leslie “Crash” Colishion

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

33471632

Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

F

Row:

4

Grave:

5

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Peter Leslie “Crash” Colishion was born on March 18, 1920, in Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Simon Colishion and Mary Cepko Solop.

Pvt Colishion of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

Pvt. Colishion had participated in the airborne assaults of Sicily on July 9, 1943, Italy on September 13, 1943, and Normandy on June 6, 1944. His last combat jump occurred on September 17, 1944, when the 82nd Airborne participated in the Airborne Invasion of Holland (The Netherlands).

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov