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Personal info

Full name
KOWALSKI, Norbert H
Date of birth
2 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36285306
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 1

Immediate family

Members
Theophil Kowalski (father)
Stella Kowalski (mother)
Marion Kowalski (sister)
Leo Kowalski (brother)
Stanley Kowalski (brother)
Helen Kowalski (sister)
Alice Kowalski (sister)
Clayton Boettscher (stepbrother)

More information

After his graduation from the Two Rivers High School Cpl Norbert H. Kowalski worked on his father's farm until he began working at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company as a machinist.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 24 November 1942.

Cpl Kowalski died of injuries received on 2 January 1945.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspaperarchive.com - Manitowoc Herald Times
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery