PFC Benjamin O Bowser (1903-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

PFC Benjamin O Bowser Veteran

Birth

30 Sep 1903

Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

9 Oct 1944 (aged 41)

Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium

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Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

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Army Private First Class Benjamin Oswald Bowser from Webster, South Dakota - 41st Armored Infantry Battalion; Transport: 2nd Armored Division
Bowser fought in the Invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. He then fought in battles in England, Belgium, Holland, and Normandy. He was wounded in one of those battles and received the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
After liberating most of the Southern parts of the Netherlands, and just before the battle of Aachen started, on October 9, 1944, Benjamin was killed in action in Ubach, Germany at the age of 39.

PF 41 INF 2 ARMD DIV SOUTH DAKOTA

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Entered the service from South Dakota.

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Barbara Ann Hazzard Campbell

1909–1972 (m. 1928)

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Gilbert Thomas Bowser Sr

Elizabeth Gay Sheldrake Bowser

Barbara Ann Hazzard Campbell

Thelma Lee Bowser Gilbert

Irma Estella Bower Gumm

Elizabeth Doris Bowser Behrendt

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Gilbert Thomas Bowser Sr

Elizabeth Gay Sheldrake Bowser

Barbara Ann Hazzard Campbell

Thelma Lee Bowser Gilbert

Irma Estella Bower Gumm

Elizabeth Doris Bowser Behrendt

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