Searching for Bill Lewandowski 

(from Diekirch/Luxembourg) 

My name is Daniel JORDAO and I am from the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. I’m currently assisting the Dudzinski family to locate former GIs who were billeted in their house in Diekirch in late November 1944.

One of those GIs’ name was Bill (William?) Lewandowski with Polish origins. There were also other Polish-descending soldiers billeted in Diekirch in late November 1944. Four of them, attended the wedding of the Dudzinski-Weber family on November 25th, 1944.

The exact outfit of Bill Lewandowski and his fellow Polish-descending GI friends is not known. According to official documents dating back to that time, I assume that they were members of the 28th Infantry Division – and most likely 109th Infantry Regiment – 3rd Battalion. As most of the men of the 28th Infantry Division were from Pennsylvania and Delaware, there might be a chance that Bill Lewandowski and his fellows came from one of these states.

Bill Lewandowski had a picture taken at a local photographer shop in Diekirch where you can see that he wears a wedding ring, so that I hope that might still be relatives living. The Dudzinski family was told that Bill did not survive the Battle of the Bulge and that he was KIA in Luxembourg, probably in December 1944 (not confirmed, though!).

Mrs Annie Dudzinski-Weber is now 90 years old and would like to find out more about Bill and the other GIs who attended her wedding.

Can anybody help in this research? Does anyone recognize one of the GIs on the wedding picture or knows a relative of Bill Lewandowski? Any help is welcome.

Please write to:

National Museum of Military History
c/o Daniel Jordao
10, Bamertal
L-9209 Diekirch
Luxembourg / Europe

Or email to:
dcj@jordao.lu