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Personal info

Full name
LOWERY, Alvin Carl
Date of birth
9 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
McDonald Township, Barry County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37723347
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy–la–Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 96

Immediate family

Members
Frank G. Lowery (father)
Eva M. Lowery (mother)
Loretta Lowery (wife)

More information

Pvt. Alvin C. Lowery enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas on 25 September 1943.

He was a mechanic before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the Limey Cemetery, Toul France.

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

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