Bowman, Norton J.

1911 - 1946  (34 years)

• Name	Bowman, Norton J.
  Birth	10 Jul 1911  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BOWM.N001
  _FGRAVE	34387035
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry 'Ivy' Division, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on 28 September, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Trained as a Field Lineman and departed the Continental U.S. on 23 March 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Entered combat with Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry 'Ivy' Division at Utah Beach on D-Day of the allied invasion/operation Overlord. Fought through the Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland campaigns until severely wounded in action on 16 September 1944 in vicinity of Zweifall, Germany. Removed from the battlefield and hospitalized in Europe till return to the states on 17 March 1945. Earned The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart Medal, The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Medal with 3 bronze battle stars, The WWII Victory Medal And The Good Conduct Medal. Honorably discharged with a disability certificate as a Private First Class on 1 October 1945 at Harmon General Hospital at Longview, Texas. Died of medical complications and buried with military honors at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora Illinois. Also honored at the WW II Memorial in that city. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. SOURCE: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1901358
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Bowman, Norton J. (1911-1946) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		4th Infantry Division ("Ivy Division"), United States Army
  		4th Infantry Division ("Ivy Division"), United States Army
  		Operation Overlord, World War II
  		Normandy Landings, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Bowman, Norton J. (1911-1946)
  Death	14 Jan 1946  [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Bowman, Norton J.
  		Headstone, Bowman, Norton J. Displayed with permission of Ewood Sexton
  Person ID	I42963	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13276] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Bowman, Norton J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34387035/norton-j_-bowman), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14708] World War II Honoree, Norton J. Bowman, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1901358) (Reliability: 2).