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Personal info

Full name
KLOCKOWSKI, John Joseph
Date of birth
15 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16146155
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
4 May 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 4 28

Immediate family

Members
John Klockowski (father)
Frances (Pinkowski) Klockowski (mother)
Florian Klockowski (brother)
Joseph Klockowski (brother)
Edward Klockowski (brother)
Lewis Klockowski (twin brother)
Frank F. Klockowski (brother)

More information

T/5 John J. Klockowski attended high school for one year, and worked at the CCC Camp Riverside in Danbury, Wisconsin.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 7 November 1942.

He is mentioned on the Fourth Cavalry WW II Memorial at Fort Meade, South Dakota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record - www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Erika