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Personal info

Full name
KOTWICA, Walter J
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32605959
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 23 42

Immediate family

Members
John A. Kotwica (father)
Stella Kotwica (mother)
Jennie C. Kotwica (sister)
Helen A. Kotwica (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter J. Kotwica was a plumber before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 January 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 / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Anonymous