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Personal info

Full name
BOWES, Harry E
Date of birth
13 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Whitehall, Washington County, New York
Hometown
Clinton County, New York

Military service

Service number
6903780
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 59

Immediate family

Members
Harry Bowes (father)
Stella (Fairbrother) Bowes (mother)
Wallace E. Bowes (brother)
Stanley A. Bowes (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry E. Bowes was orphaned in 1931 and became a ward of Mr. Arthur W. Taylor.

He joined the Regular Army in Albany, New York on 22 August 1940.

Pfc Bowes was wounded on 30 January 1945 and died of his wounds on 4 February, 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com, New York Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The North Countryman - 1 March 1945