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Personal info

Full name
BOWLIN, John Ples
Date of birth
28 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Emlyn, Whitley County, Kentucky
Hometown
Emlyn, Whitley County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35679900
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Landroff-Boustroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 40 26

Immediate family

Members
George B. Bowlin (father)
Cynthia J. (Thomas) Bowlin (mother)
Mary L. Bowlin (sister)
Celia Bowlin (sister)
Roscoe B. Bowlin (brother)
Barbara E. Bowlin (sister)
Dessie Bowlin (sister)
Joy Bowlin (sister)
Elmore Bowlin (brother)
Fannie I. Bowlin (sister)
Beulah Bowlin (sister)
Bertha Bowlin (sister)
General T. Bowlin (brother)

More information

Pfc John P. Bowlin worked on the family farm and was also employed by the Timken Roller Bearing Company before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 29 December 1942.

On 18 October 1944 he was transferred from 2nd Battalion, HQ Company to F Company.

He died of wounds in his thorax.

He is also remembered at the cemetery of his hometown.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Bowlin extended Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Pat Lacy