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Personal info

Full name
BOWLING, Kelly
Date of birth
11 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15089008
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
1 mile southeast of Gressenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 13

Immediate family

Members
Julius C. Bowling (father)
Maggie (Ledford) Bowling (mother)
Herman Bowling (brother)
Floyd Bowling (brother)
Sallye Bowling (sister)
Sophia B. Bowling (sister)
James C. Bowling (brother)
Joanna Bowling (sister)
Rufus Bowling (brother)
Mary Bowling (sister)
Mabel Bowling (sister)
Doris L. Bowling (sister)

More information

Kelly Bowling worked in a machine shop.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 22 January 1942.

He saw action in North Africa, Sicily and France.

He was one of five brothers who were engaged in military operations since 1941. His brother Herman Bowling was killed in action on 3 August 1944 in France. He is buried at the Normandy American War Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal