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Personal info

Full name
NAGOWSKI, William Aloysius
Date of birth
22 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42021420
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Ammerswehr

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Alois Nagowski (father)
Marie Nagowski (mother)
John Nagowski (brother)
Robert Nagowski (brother)
Daniel Nagowski (brother)

More information

Sgt William A. Nagowski graduated from Bennett High School.

He was first buried at Block AA, Row 12, Grave 291.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten