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Personal info

Full name
ROWLAND, James Floyd
Date of birth
20 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Washington County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38692911
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 12 22

Immediate family

Members
Virgil L. Rowland (father)
Viola M. (Brown) Rowland (mother)
Vernon L. Rowland (brother)
Wanda M. Rowland (sister)
Everetta O. Rowland (brother)

More information

Pvt James F. Rowland attended Central High School before he enlisted at Fort Still, Oklahoma on 24 March 1944.

Pvt Roland was killed by German machine gun fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Roland Rowland Roots / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Central High School - 1943