Bowen, William D.

1908 - 1969  (61 years)

• Name	Bowen, William D.
  Birth	18 Apr 1908
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BOWE.W002
  _FGRAVE	20916903
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Battery B, 867th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on January 26, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for The Coast Artillery Corps, completed basic training, and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Crewman (601). Departed the U.S. on July 9, 1944 bound for The Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Battery B, 867th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on February 21, 1946 at The Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. (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://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2070786
  		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. …
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		World War II Honoree, Bowen, William D. (1908-1969)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		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,…
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	7 Aug 1969
  Burial	Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  	Plot: C2 26 b1
  		Headstone, Bowen, William D.
  Person ID	I43243	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S15061] World War II Honoree, William D. Bowen, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2070786) (Reliability: 2).