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Personal info

Full name
LOWELL, Vernon Wallace Jr
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Ventura, Ventura County, California

Military service

Service number
19099789
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Niederau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Vernon W. Lowell (father)

Aditha Y. (Brusie) Lowell (mother)
Lorraine Lowell (sister)
Robert L. Lowell (brother)
Shirley M. Lowell (sister)

More information

Pvt Vernon W. Lowell Jr. enlisted in Los Angeles, California, on 29 June 1942.

His brother, Sgt Robert L. Lowell, was killed in Italy in November 1943, while serving with the 1st U.S. Rangers Battalion.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Des Philippet