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Personal info

Full name
GLOWACKI, Walter S
Date of birth
16 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31064562
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
774th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Bolsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 11 3

Immediate family

Members
Michael Glowacki (father)
Anna (Yakusik) Glowacki (mother)
Anna Glowacki (sister)
Benjamin Glowacki (brother)
Michael Glowacki (brother)
Edward Glowacki (brother)
Stanley Glowacki (brother)
John Glowacki (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter S. Glowacki enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, on 12 February 1942.

He was a crew member of one of the three tanks that B Company lost that day. One was lost when it drove into an anti-tank ditch, one was hit by 88 mm fire, and one was destroyed by another type of anti-tank gun.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920, 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 774th Tank Battalion, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet