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Personal info

Full name
LOWRY, Richard James
Date of birth
18 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31309782
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In or near the Weser Hills, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 14 15

Immediate family

Members
Richard L. Lowry (father)
Annie M. (Secord) Lowry (mother)
Virginia A. Lowry (sister)

More information

Sgt Richard J. Lowry attended Framingham High School and was employed at Lombard Governor Company.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 9 April 1943 was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlisment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901 - 1960 / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.e-yearbook.com - Framingham High School Yearbook 1941