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Personal info

Full name
BOWEN, George Emmet
Date of birth
23 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Montgomery County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737836
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Between Gressenich and Schevenhütte, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 12 7

Immediate family

Members
George S. Bowen (father)
Ida A. (Bradford) Bowen (mother)
Ollie E. Bowen (brother)
William Bowen (brother)
Myrtle Bowen (sister)
Ruby M. Bowen (sister)
Ermial (Flesher) Bowen (wife)

More information

Pvt George E. Bowen enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 23 March 1944. He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, Max Poorthuis, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.16thinfantry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com