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Personal info

Full name
FOWLER, Joseph Samuel
Date of birth
19 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Hometown
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35892717
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberotterbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 11 30

Immediate family

Members
Raymond W. Fowler (father)
Bertha C. (Peters) Fowler (mother)
Marian L. Fowler (sister)
Charles J. Fowler (brother)
Raymond J. Fowler (brother)
Elma R. Fowler (sister)
James T. Fowler (brother)
Claude F. Fowler (brother)
William A. Fowler (brother)
Paul V. Fowler (brother)
Hester J. Fowler (sister)
Mary R. (Cass) Fowler (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph S. Fowler enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 13 August 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Indiana Birth Certificates 1907-1940 / 142ndaar-.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
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