PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Bowers, Earle C., Jr.
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  September 27th, 1944 (near Rimburg/Limburg, the Netherlands)
Buried on:  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: F.  Row: 1.  Grave: 64.
Nationality:  American
BIOGRAPHY: 
Army Service Number: O-1301773.
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit: Company C, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army
Awarded on: 1944
Action: For action performed on 15 August 1944, near Domfront/Orne department, Basse-Normandie, France.
Details: HQ, 30th Infantry Division, G.O. No. 60 (1944).
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Unit: Company C, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army
Details: Citation unavailable.
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Unit: Company C, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Captain
Unit: Company C, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army
Details: This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Combat History of the 119th Infantry Regiment, by the 119th Infantry Regiment, Army & Navy Publishing Company, Baton Rouge, USA
- Hewitt, R.L., Workhorse of the Western Front – The Story of the 30th Infantry Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1980
- 30th Infantry.org
- Old Hickory 30th.com
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- Home of Heroes
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