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SAKOWICZ, Robert Virgil - Date of
birth
4 September 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Markham, Cook County, Illinois -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36655662 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
F Company
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 March 1945 - Place of
death
East of Hockweiler, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 16 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Stanley Sakowicz (father)
Elizabeth (Wieloudek) Sakowicz (mother)
Edmund J. Sakowicz (brother)
Marian Sakowicz (sister)
More information
T/5 Robert V. Sakowicz graduated from Thornton Township High School in 1942. He was employed at R. R. Donnelly Company.He was killed during an artillery barrage.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Henry G. Vaughan Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Thornton Township High School - 1942