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Personal info

Full name
HOWE, John A
Date of birth
18 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6848142
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémontville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 69

Immediate family

Members
William J. Howe (father)
Mary Howe (wife)
Beverly A. Howe (daughter)

More information

Sgt John A. Howe was a maintenance painter before he joined the Regular Army in Carlise Barracks, Pennsylvania on 10 January 1941. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy