Howard Peter Nowoc
US Navy Reserve | Service Number 853 64 87
January 16, 1925
in Chicago, IL
Peter Nowoc (d. 1941)
Violet (Kaletia) Nowoc
Details unknown
Details unknown
July 24, 1943
at Chicago, IL
September 6, 1944
from Fourth Medical Battalion
March 6, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 6, 1945
Killed in action
3106 West Dickens Ave., Chicago, IL – address of mother, Mrs. Violet Nowoc
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at USNTS Great Lakes; outposted to station Hospital Corps School on 16 October 1943. Graduated and rated Hospital Apprentice Second Class on 26 November 1943; assigned duty at US Naval Hospital, San Diego.
Transferred to Field Medical School at Camp Elliott, California, spring of 1944. Assigned to 62nd Replacement Battalion for transit overseas on 6 June 1944; joined H&S Company, Fourth Medical Battalion on 19 July. Reassigned to Headquarters Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 6 September 1944.
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines
Rank: Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class
MOS: Corpsman
Important Events:
March 6, 1945 – killed in action (gunshot, chest); exact circumstances unknown. Awarded a posthumous Bronze Star Medal for actions on this date.
Buried in Plot 1, Row 27, Grave 1327, Fourth Marie Division Cemetery.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 6, 1945)
Iwo Jima (March 6, 1945)
Citation
Full citation needed
Howard is buried in Saint Luke Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
Gallery
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