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Personal info

Full name
JOWETT, Edward Henry
Date of birth
January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Nutley, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42086289
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
East of Autreville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 102

Immediate family

Members
Henry M. Jowett (father)
Sarah Jowett (mother)
Helen A. Jowett (sister)
Nellie E. Jowett (sister)
Louise M. Jowett (sister)
Alice H. Jowett (sister)
Lillian A. (Hand) Jowett (Wife)

More information

Pvt Edward H. Jowett attended 3 years of high school and was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on 4 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thDivision.com
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