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Personal info

Full name
BRAZOWSKI, Joseph
Date of birth
12 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31255517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Hill 319
Vicinity of Weisskirch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 31 9

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Brazowski (father)
Agnes Brazowski (mother)
Matilda Brazowski (sister)
Michalina Brazowski (sister)
Carrie Brazowski (sister)
Elizabeth Brazowski (sister)
Martin Brazowski (brother)
Bronus Brazowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph Brazowski enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 20 November 1942.
He entered the U.S. Army as a Private. He completed 1 year of high school, worked as a wool assorter in a woolen mill in Hardwick, Massachusetts and was single without dependents, 67 inches 181 pounds.
The 3rd Infantry Division is known as the "Marne" Division.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery St. Avold, France Block 4-E, Row 6, Grave 68.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, John T. Gerlosky, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, WWII Enlistment Records / Massachusetts Birth Index 1901-1960 / History of 30th Infantry Regiment World War II, Rupert Prohme, January 1947, page 328 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jac Engels