Colishion, Peter Leslie
- Date of birth:
- March 18th, 1920 (Centralia/Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Lent, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: F. Row: 4. Grave: 5. - Service number:
- 33 471 632
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
Peter L. Colishion entered service on November 28th, 1942 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He took part in the invasions at Sicily, Italy, Normandy and with Operation Market Garden.
He was killed during the Waal river crossing on September 20th, 1944. His remains were eventually buried at the temporary cemetery in Molenhoek (grave A-5-99) and later reburied at Margraten.
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- Company I, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
Sources
- Photo 1: John West
- Photo 2: Ralph Peeters
- Photo: John West, Ralph Peeters/Find a Grave
- - BEEVOR, ANTHONY, De slag om Arnhem, ambo|anthos, Amsterdam, 2018.
- LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- De Gelderlander
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55882448/peter_leslie-colishion
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31565
- https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-c/47898-colishion-peter-l
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/105848/
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110279508/person/422553310953/
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