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Personal info

Full name
ROWLAND, John Ingram
Date of birth
27 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chester, Trousdale County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
33784348
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near Herbitzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 14 5

Immediate family

Members
John M. Rowland (father)
Abigail W. (Smith) Rowland (mother)

More information

Pvt John J. Rowland attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Rowland Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

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