Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
BOWMAN, Donald M
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan
Hometown
Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16011742
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 59

Immediate family

Members
John L. Bowman (father)
Virginia Bowman (mother)
Rosa E. Bowman (sister)
Florence L. Bowman (sister)
Frances M. Bowman (sister)
Harvey E. Bowman (brother)
Mary E. Bowman (sister)
Raymond J. Bowman (brother)
Calvin L. Bowman (brother)
Dorothy Bowman (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald Bowman worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 21 September 1940 and went overseas 1 February 1944.

He was wounded in action in Bussbach, Germany and died in a hospital in France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Susan Linton - Kalamazoo Gazette 23 October 1944, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Kalamazoo Gazette 23 October 1944