Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
WINKOWSKI, Raymond Edward
Date of birth
20 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsyvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33587392
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rémabois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 63

Immediate family

Members
Leo Winkowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Winkowski attended high school for two years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 24 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Leo Winkowski, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancesty.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy