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Personal info

Full name
WOLOWIEC, Walter S
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31423514
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 23

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Wolowiec (father)
Agnes C. Wolowiec (mother)

More information

Pfc Walter S. Wolowiec attended high school for 4 years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Fall River, Massachusetts