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Personal info

Full name
SOWA, John Paul
Date of birth
8 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33624867
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Near Üttfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 15

Immediate family

Members
Paul F. Sowa (father)
Johanna (Bocking) Sowa (mother)
Christine L. Sowa (sister)
Elizabeth Sowa (sister)

More information

T/5 John P. Sowa graduated from Reading High School in 1941.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 4 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Busch Family / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Reading High School - 1941