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Personal info

Full name
LOWE, James William
Date of birth
19 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39201552
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Donnerberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 67

Immediate family

Members
William H. Lowe (father)
Edna G. Lowe (mother)
Roberta M. Lowe (sister)
Lois Lowe (sister)
Vivian M. (Kelly) Lowe (wife)
Carol S. Lowe (daughter)

More information

Pvt James W. Lowe graduated from high school in Clyde, Kansas and attended the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked part time at the docks in Seattle.

He enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 19 February 1943.

He suffered a severe wound in the chest.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Ed Tiebax, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Ed Tiebax