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Personal info

Full name
FOWLKES, Paschal Dupuy
Date of birth
26 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia
Hometown
Richmond, Fairfax County, Virginia
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
O-483005
Rank
Captain
Function
Chaplain
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 17 20

Immediate family

Members
Frank V. Fowlkes (father)
Lucy (Meriwether) Fowlkes (mother)
Francis M. Fowlkes (brother)
Elizabeth V. Fowlkes (sister)
Martha H. Fowlkes (sister)
Sarah Fowlkes (sister)
Elizabeth W. Fowlkes (wife)
Frank V. Fowlkes (son)

More information

Capt Paschal D. Fowlkes graduated from the University of Virginia and the Theological Seminary of Virginia. He also was rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna.

One of the photos shows a memorial plaque in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.

Source of information: Cooper Beverley-Meise, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees,
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_off.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, U.S. School Yearbook, Sebastiaan Vonk, www.findagrave.com - Jeffry Burden