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Personal info

Full name
NOWAKOWSKI, Leonard Jerom
Date of birth
26 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Tamaroa, Perry County, Illinois
Hometown
Tamarow, Perry County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36066386
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Many, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 59

Immediate family

Members
Frank Nowakowski (father)
Rose Nowakowski (mother)
Sigmund Nowakowski (brother)
Thomas Nowakowski (brother)
Richard Nowakowski (brother)
Anna Nowakowski (sister)
Eleonora Nowakowski (sister)

More information

T/5 Leonard J. Nowakowski was a farmer before he enlisted on 16 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
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