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Personal info

Full name
BOWEN, Keith Howard
Date of birth
31 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36909615
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmittviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 9 8

Immediate family

Members
William P. Bowen (father)
Sadie M. (Hornack) Bowen (mother)
Winifred M. Bowen (sister)
William F. Bowen (brother)
Mary G. Bowen (sister)

More information

Pfc Keith H. Bowen was unemployed when he enlisted on 2 June 1944.

Pfc Bowen was killed by artillery shell fragments in the upper body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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