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Personal info

Full name
KOWALSKI, Joseph Michael
Date of birth
31 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36835597
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Bertha M. Kowalski (mother)
Agnes Kowalski (sister)
Josephine Kowalski (sister)
Mary Kowalski (sister)
Francis Kowalski (sister)
Marian A. Kowalski (wife)
Manette Kowalski (daughter)

More information

Sgt Joseph M. Kowalski was employed by the Spring City foundry.

He enlisted on 31 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Waukesha Daily Freeman (Waukesha, Wisconsin) - 11 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Waukesha Daily Freeman (Waukesha, Wisconsin)