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Lance Jakub Henryk Kowalik
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik
Age: 21
From: Schaumburg, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Died: May 12, 2003
Age: 21
From: Schaumburg, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Died: May 12, 2003
Jakub H. Kowalik came to the United States from Poland in 1992 and was a permanent U.S. resident. He enlisted in the Marines during his senior year at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Ill.
Kowalik was killed May 12 near a Marine encampment when unexploded ordnance he was handling exploded.
“He’s my hero, my best friend,” said his older brother, Paul Kowalik. “He was a good person, the last person this should happen to.”
— Associated Press
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1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Prayers & Messages
Lance Jakub Henryk Kowalik
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.