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Personal info

Full name
TOWEY, William John
Date of birth
22 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Stewartville, Olmsted County, Minnesota
Hometown
Fillmore County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37294472
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 29

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Towey (father)
Ellen G. (Ellis) Towey (mother)
Francis L. Towey (brother)
Mary M. Towey (sister)
Joseph T. Towey (brother)
Leonard E. Towey (brother)
Rita G. Towey (sister)
James N. Towey (brother)
Teresa A. Towey (sister)
Catherine M. Towey (sister)
Rose E. Towey (sister)

More information

Sgt William J. Towey is remembered at the Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery in Stewartville, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Memory Lane, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Olson Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Pamjheg, www.findagrave.com - Cleome