Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew W. Nowacki Age: 24 From: South Euclid, Ohio Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Erie, Pa. Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew W. Nowacki was killed Feb. 26 by enemy action in Babil province, Iraq. Died:
February
26, 2005 Marine from northeast Ohio killed in Iraq
Associated Press
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A northeast Ohio Marine on his second tour of duty in Iraq was killed by a roadside bomb, his family said.
Andy Nowacki, 24, died Saturday while serving as a gunner on a Humvee that was protecting a truck convoy south of Baghdad, said his mother, Sheila Nowacki of Painesville.
“He’s been in Iraq more than he’s been home the last two years,” she said. “But he was really OK with being over there because he saw the oppression and the cruelty that had happened to the people there.
“He thought a lot of the Iraqi people and he was willing to go back because he thought we were doing so much good.”
Nowacki graduated from Brush High School in the Cleveland suburb of Lyndhurst in 1998, and enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve the following fall.
His commitment to the reserves was almost up, his mother said, but they “pulled him back...
Prayers & Condolences For: Andrew W. Nowacki BY Anonymous on Jul 04, 2006
My heart still aches to hug you and talk to you, but I am so very proud of how you protected your comrades at your own expense. I know that you made a difference . I will see you again in a much better place. Love, Mom
Prayers & Condolences For: Andrew W. Nowacki BY Anonymous on Jun 28, 2005
I will miss you forever and I will see you again.
Prayers & Condolences For: Andrew W. Nowacki BY dadio69 on Jun 24, 2005
Your selfless acts will be rewarded. Rest in Peace.