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Personal info

Full name
BOWSER, Wayne Albert
Date of birth
11 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lewis County, West Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
35763101
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Near Forêt-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 81

Immediate family

Members
Wayne W. Bowser (father)
Leona B. (Means) Bowser (mother)
Cleo C. Bowser (sister)
Fredrena F. Bowser (sister)
Gilson Q. Bowser (brother)
Blaine T. Bowser (brother)
Leona L. Bowser (sister)
Orta M. Bowser (sister)
April W. Bowser (sister)
Gail L. Bowser (wife)

More information

Pvt Wayne A. Bowser attended high school for three years and was employed at the Spur Distributing Company before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 6 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
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