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Personal info

Full name
DAWLEY, Lowell Irving
Date of birth
10 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
Hometown
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37660682
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

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 Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 62

Immediate family

Members
Clifford G. Dawley (father)
Irmel B. (Bonsall) Dawley (mother)
Bonnie R. Dawley (sister)
Gerald K. Dawley (brother)

More information

Pfc. Lowell I. Dawley worked in a company that produced metal products.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 10 February 1943 and was sent overseas in November, 1943.

He was wounded on 11 August 1944 and reported back for duty on 1 September.

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 for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Iowa County Births / Hughes Allen Rivers Fam Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery