The following day he was buried in the Polish war cemetery in Casamassima near Bari. On September 1, 1971 his ashes were returned to Poland and buried with military honours at Westerplatte, where he was posthumously decorated with the Commanders' Cross of the Virtuti Militari.
The next day after his death, he was buried in the Polish war cemetery in Casamassima near Bari. On September 1, 1971, his ashes were returned to Poland and buried with military honors at Westerplatte, where he was posthumously decorated with the Commanders' Cross of the Virtuti Militari.