Vincent Lowery, 88, died October 23, 2010, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center.
He was a World War II veteran of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the U.S. Army.
Vincent is survived by his wife, Queenie Lowry; his son, Ernie V. Lowry; his daughters, Frieda Lowry Spragins and husband Carl and Susanne Lowry Beaney and husband Gerald; and two grandchildren, Wallace Spragins and Hannah Spragins.
The funeral services will be held in Berea Baptist Church in Pembroke. The burial services in Lumbee Memorial Gardens in Lumberton.
Services are entrusted to Revels Funeral Home of Pembroke.
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Vincent registered for the draft
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 30 June 1942 and
enlisted in the Army at Philadelphia, PA on 18
November 1942.
The date of his arrival in the
508th is not shown on available morning reports but
on 2 February 1943, Pvt Lowery was listed as being
in Camp Blanding station hospital.
On 26 October 1943 Pvt Lowery was
transferred from the Rear Detachment, Camp Mackall,
NC to Hq 2nd, 508th PIR, also at Camp Mackall..
He then departed on a 10-day
furlough on 29 October. returning on 7 November.
 Pvt
Lowery was wounded in action on 3 July 1944 and
returned to the company on 18 July.
But it was not until September
that he was listed as a casualty in the hometown
newspaper
[The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC, 15
Sep 1944, Fri, Page 1].
Pvt Lowery was wounded in action a
second time, in Belgium on 1 January 1945. It
is not clear when he returned to duty but his name
was included on a roster of Hq 2nde enlisted men
which was prepared on 20 September 1945.
  Vincent submitted this application
for the Pennsylvania WWII Veterans Bonus on 8 March
1950. He was credited with 14 months of domestic
duty and 22 months of foreign service which equated
to a $430 bonus award.
He was discharged at the
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation on 7 November
1945.
His military decorations include
the Purple Heart with 1 oak leaf cluster and the
Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for
participation in Normandy assault |
