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Personal info

Full name
BOWMAN, James Franklin
Date of birth
28 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Goos Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33951122
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 20

Immediate family

Members
Tyson Bowman (father)
Crusie Bowman (mother)
Carrie M. (Young) Bowman (wife)
Judy M. Bowman (daughter)

More information

Pvt James F. Bowman enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 June 1944.

James was seriously wounded in action in Germany on 30 March 1945 and died the next day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – Harrisburg Telegraph Pennsylvania 16 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Joel Frampton Gilfert