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Personal info

Full name
FLOWERS, Joe
Date of birth
27 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Gaston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34114546
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 18 22

Immediate family

Members
William Gratton Flowers (father)
Julia Elvira (Stroupe) Flowers (mother)
William G. Flowers (brother)
Coyt R. Flowers (brother)
Clarence F. Flowers (brother)
Derwood Flowers (brother)
Leonerd V. Flowers (brother)
Arthur Flowers (brother)
Annie R. Flowers (sister)
Orene (White) Flowers (wife)

More information

Four brothers of Cpl Flowers served overseas.

His brother Arthur is buried at Plot I, Row 18, Grave 19

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Joseph Bisscheroux, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Don Stacey / Julie Rowland / 455th AAA Historian Susan Stacey