[courtesy of Lynn Tucker]
Grave marker for Jack Bowden in Section K, Site 16900-D,
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale )Suffolk county), New
York.
Jack registered for the draft in Jamaica, Queens, NY and
was inducted into the Army on 8 September 1943.
Pvt Bowden was transferred from the 82ned Airborne
Division to Hq 1st, 508th PIR on 7 July 1944.
He was severely injured in Holland in October 1944 when
he was hit by artillery shell fragments causing compound fractures of
his tibia and fibula,
On 31 May 1945, Pfc Bowden was transferred to the
detachment of patients at the 188th General Hospital, Cirencester
(Gloucestershire), England,
The hospital records
indicate that he was to be discharged due to disability under
Section II, AR 615-360 (line of duty, Yes).
He was released from the
Army on 21 September 1945. |