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Personal info

Full name
ROWLEY, Paul H "Packey"
Date of birth
7 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Hometown
Johnstown, Fulton County, New York

Military service

Service number
42120976
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Paderborn Area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 21

Immediate family

Members
Harry C. Rowley (father)
Carrie E. (Huntington) Rowley (mother)
Edward L. Rowley (brother)
Mildred Rowley (sister)
Ruth Rowley (sister)
Robert Rowley (brother)
Marion Rowley (sister)
Dorothea Rowley (sister)
Donald Rowley (brother)
Alma (Gardiner) Rowley (wife)
James Paul (or Paul James) Rowley (son)
Edward C. Rowley (son)
William 'Bill' M. Rowley (son)
Paul H. Rowley Sr. (grandson)
Paul H. Rowley Jr. (great-grandson)
Mason Rowley (great-grandson)
April Rowley (granddaughter)
Greg Brown Jr. (great-grandson)
Thomas Brown (great-grandson)
Brittany Brown (granddaughter)
Marie Rowley (granddaughter)

More information

Pfc Paul H. Rowley worked as a bartender before he enlisted in Utica, New York on 22 January 1944 and was sent overseas in Juley 1944.

He did quite a bit of amateur boxing and was a better-than average boxer.

He is believed to have died from wounds. It was the third time he had been wounded. The first time on 12 January 1945 and the second time on 12 February 1945. Both were leg wounds.

Source of information: Paul (Packey) H. Rowley Sr. (grandson), April Dawn Rowley, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1915/1925 NY State Census / 1910/1920 US Census / Jones Family Tree, Gloversville NY Leader Republican

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gloversville NY Leader Republican, Paul (Packey) H. Rowley Sr. (grandson)