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Personal info

Full name
NOWAKOWSKI, Frank Jr
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Lucas County, Ohio
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
35017481
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hemroulle, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 43 31

Immediate family

Members
Frank Nowakowski (father)
Helen Nowakowski (mother)
John Nowakowski (brother)
Helen Nowakowski (sister)
Jennie Nowakowski (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank Nowakowski Jr. was a driver before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio, on 20 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

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