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Personal info

Full name
ROWE, J W Jr
Date of birth
11 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Coryell County, Texas
Hometown
Hurst Springs, Coryell County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38687751
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 3 24

Immediate family

Members
J. W. Rowe Sr. (father)
Bessie A. Rowe (mother)
Betty J. Rowe (sister)
Frank G. Rowe (brother)

More information

Pvt J. W. Rowe Jr. worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 27 May 1944.

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 / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Dallas Texas