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Personal info

Full name
KARWOSKI, Jerome Joseph
Date of birth
28 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36549285
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 11 17

Immediate family

Members
William Karwoski (father)
Nettie (Ripinski) Karwoski (mother)
William Karwoski (brother)
Stanley Karwoski (brother)
Joseph J. Karwoski (brother)
Anna Karwoski (sister)
John Karwoski (brother)
Walter Karwoski (brother)
Edward Karwoski (brother)
Joyce E. (Mobley) Karwoski (wife)

More information

Pfc Jerome J. Karwoski attended high school for two years and was employed by the Bohn Aluminium and Brass Company when he enlisted on 16 February 1942.
On 13 November 1944 he was reported severely wounded in action in the vicinity of Bacourt.
He died of his wounds at his thorax and shoulder, caused by artillery shell fragments on 14 November.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com