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Kowalski, Wincenty

Date of birth:
September 11th, 1892 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
November 29th, 1984 (River Forest/Illinois, United States)
Buried on:
Kaluszyn Polish War Graves
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Promotions:
December 15, 1915: Ensign
November 1, 1916: Second Lieutenant
1918: Lieutenant
1919: Captain
1920: Major
May 3, 1922: Lieutenant Colonel
January 1, 1928: Colonel
March 19, 1939: Brigadier General

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
February 16th, 1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1929
Atbrivosanas cinu 10 gadu jubilejas pieminas medala
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
June 6th, 1931
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
March 18th, 1933
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1936
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1973
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
Grupa Operacyjna "Wyszków", Wojska Lądowe

No. 120
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Rad Bileho lva III Class
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Received as clasp on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Received as second clasp on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Received as third clasp on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Received as fourth clasp on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

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