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Personal info

Full name
LOWRY, Lee O
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15047002
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Armored Medical Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kirchfährendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 37 52

Immediate family

Members
John Lowry (father)
Lydie Lowry (mother)
Holans Lowry (brother)
Anna Lowry (sister)
May Lowry (sister)

More information

Pfc Lee O. Lowry worked in a bakery before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 23 October 1941.

Source of information: Ray Dyckmans, www.wwiimeorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census - www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Jac Engels - www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet