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Personal info

Full name
BOWMAN, Adam Jr
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Dundee, Scotland
Hometown
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31350754
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 27

Immediate family

Members
Adam Bowman (father)
Elizabeth Bowman (mother)
Margaret Bowman (sister)
Rena Bowman (sister)
Willemina Bowman (sister)
Doris M. Bowman (wife)

More information

Pvt Adam Bowman Jr. enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 8 September 1943.

He attended 3 years of college and was a saleman before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hochfelden, 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 / 1930 Census / 1940 Census / New York Passenger Lists, http://www.45thdivision.org
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