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BOWMAN, Cecil Leon - Date of
birth
7 May 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Cambridge, Bannock County, Idaho -
Hometown
Bannock County, Idaho
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39200208 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 October 1944 - Place of
death
Fort Driant, Lorraine, Moselle, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 5 | 48 |
Immediate family
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Members
Hyrum C. Bowman (father)
Ida L. (Hancock) Bowman (mother)
Delos L. Bowman (brother)
Mazel A. Bowman (brother)
Myrtle Bowman (sister)
Theoda Bowman (sister)
Vern Bowman (brother)
Delbert H. Bowman (brother)
Mervin Bowman (brother)
Verla Bowman (sister)
Lila Bowman (wife)
More information
Pfc Cecil L. Bowman worked as an operator at a service station in Downey, Idaho before he enlisted in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington on 8 February 1943.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Records / Lyla Curtis Walsh Sepulveda-Hernandez two Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, The Fifth Infantry Division in the ETO, 1945, ISBN: 0-89839-274-8, www.archives.gov
Photo source: Peter Schouteten