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Personal info

Full name
MOWLES, Ernest Frederick
Date of birth
21 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas
Hometown
Tornillo, El Paso County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38580119
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 24 33

Immediate family

Members
James E. Mowles (father)
Myrtle (Terry) Mowles (mother)
Florence M. Mowles (sister)
Evie L. Mowles (sister)
Preston T. Mowles (brother)
James W. Mowles (brother)
Lawson E. Mowles (brother)
Westley P. Mowles (brother)
Inez R. (Henslee) Mowles (wife)
Homer L. Mowles (son)
Dovie L. Mowles (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ernest F. Mowles was a foreman employed by C.A. Mobus before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 28 March 1944.
He was killed by machine gun bullets in his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
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