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Personal info

Full name
LOWELL, Alan W
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31309368
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 45 21

Immediate family

Members
Ernest W. Lowell (father)
Edith H. Lowell (mother)
Robert H. Lowell (brother)
Ruth E. Lowell (sister)
Seata R. (Kirk) Lowell (wife)

More information

Sgt. Alan W. Lowell worked in a company that produced building transportation equipment before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 April 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Arkansas County Marriages Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Suzan Hye