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Personal info

Full name
NOWAK, Raymond Charles
Date of birth
15 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35342769
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 24 4

Immediate family

Members
Frank C. Nowak (father)
Josephine (Mikula) Nowak (mother)
Camilia M. Nowak (sister)
Henrietta F. Nowak (sister)
Alice J. Nowak (sister)
Louis F. Nowak (brother)
Esther C. Nowak (sister)
Lucille M. Nowak (sister)
Pauline M. Nowak (sister)
Francis J. Nowak (brother)
Fredryk Nowak (brother)
Robert J. Nowak (brother)
Manuel Nowak (brother)
Patricia A. Nowak (sister)
Mary Ann (Bennet) Nowak (wife)

More information

Pvt Raymond C. Nowak enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 13 October 1942 and was married to Mary Ann Bennet on 9 February 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 18 December 1944 and died in a German prison camp.

His middle name is Charles but the ABMC has him listed with a middle name starting with the letter S.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Indiana Birth Certificates 1907-1940, www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune - 16 February 1943, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cindy (Nekvasi) Hester