About
Joseph Arthur Antkowiak, the son of Albert and Victoria (Nowatzyk) Antkowiak, was born on March 8, 1896, in Schenectady, New York. He was employed by an automobile company.
On February 22, 1918, Joseph enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Private and served with Company L, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. On October 5, 1918, Joseph was killed in action during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He is buried in the Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, France.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon