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Personal info

Full name
BOWERS, Albert
Date of birth
November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Declo, Cassia County, Idaho
Hometown
Minidoka County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39929541
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 4

Immediate family

Members
William Bowers (father)
Biene Bowers (mother)
Cenda Bowers (sister)
Janie Bowers (sister)
William Bowers (brother)
Anna Bowers (sister)
Carrie Bowers (sister)
Kate Bowers (sister)
Jake Bowers (brother)
Pearl Bowers (sister)

More information

Pvt Albert Bowers was a farmer and a construction worker before he enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 2 May 1944.

His mother immigrated from The Netherlands in 1912.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment
Record, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer