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Personal info

Full name
ROWLAND, Charles
Date of birth
6 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Penllyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Whitpain, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33836550
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreinsberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 17

Immediate family

Members
William Rowland (father)
Margaret Rowland (mother)
William Rowland (brother)
Martha J. Rowland (sister)
George Rowland (brother)

More information

Sgt Charles Rowland attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 17 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and the side of his body.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Martha J. Wassynger, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy