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Personal info

Full name
URBOWICZ, Louis
Date of birth
7 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31262365
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 37

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Urbowicz (father)
Tehle Urbowicz (mother)
Mary Urbowicz (sister)
Stanislaw Urbowicz (brother)
John Urbowicz (brother)
Tadeusz Urbowicz (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis Urbowicz attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The Lowell Sun Massachusetts 13 December 1944 / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – The Lowell Sun Massachusetts 13 December 1944