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Personal info

Full name
KOLIBOWSKI, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
19 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35567791
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 50

Immediate family

Members
Frank Kolibowski (father)
Stella Kolibowski (mother)
Regina Kolibowski (sister)
Helena Kolibowski (sister)
Martha Kolibowski (sister)
Mary Kolibowski (sister)

More information

Cpl Joseph F. Kolibowski attended high school for four years and worked in a factory where electrical machinery was manufactured.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 9 November 1942.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Times 30 March 1945