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Personal info

Full name
DE KOWZAN, Paul Anthony
Date of birth
24 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33561535
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Medelsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 30

Immediate family

Members
Edward N. De Kowzan (father)
Anna T. De Kowzan (mother)
John E. De Kowzan (brother)

More information

Sgt Paul A. De Kowzan enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

On the second and third picture Sgt De Kowzan poses with girlfriend and mother in Fort Jackson in October 1944, just before he was sent to Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com