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Personal info

Full name
BOWEN, David Cooper
Date of birth
20 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Wenonah, Gloucester County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
14117927
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 1

Immediate family

Members
David J. Bowen (father)
Katherine R. (Cooper) Bowen (mother)
Jane Bowen (sister)
Anna G. Bowen (sister)

More information

Pfc David C. Bowen attended college for one year and was a powder chemist before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Dix , New Jersey on 12 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fargments to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Valentine Weekes Family / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / SigEp Patriots Project