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Personal info

Full name
LATKOWSKI, Harry Joseph
Date of birth
4 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978261
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 65

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Latkowski (father)
Janina (Watkowski) Latkowski (mother)
Edmund Latkowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry J. Latkowski graduated from Hamtramck High School.

He enlisted in May 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

His parents were born in Poland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Detroit News - 17 March 1945