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Personal info

Full name
ROWLEN, John A
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6911225
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
Near Randevillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 62

Immediate family

Members
Elmer A. Rowlen (father)
Berniel E. Rowlen (brother)
Herman Rowlen (brother)
Dale Rowlen (brother)
Harriet Rowlen (sister)
Shirley Rowlen (sister)
Joyce Rowlen (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John A. Rowlen joined the Regular Army on 14 April 1939.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – David C. Henderson, www.newspapers.com – The Decatur Daily Review Illinois 7 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy