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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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| − | Bowers was assigned to Company C led by Captain John Miller. On D-Day June 6th, 1944, Bowers landed on Omaha Beach with Charlie Company, 2nd Rangers Battalion. The landing craft that he and his unit were riding aboard came under a barrage of fire from German MG-42 in the Coastal Bunker. Bowers was killed by the machine gun fire before he was able to jump overboard with the other members of his company. |
+ | Bowers was assigned to Company C led by Captain John Miller. On D-Day June 6th, 1944, Bowers landed on Omaha Beach with Charlie Company, 2nd Rangers Battalion. The landing craft that he and his unit were riding aboard came under a barrage of fire from German MG-42 in the Coastal Bunker. Bowers was probably killed by the machine gun fire before he was able to jump overboard with the other members of his company. |
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Bowers served as part of the 2nd Rangers Battalion of the United States Army during World War Two.
Biography
Bowers was assigned to Company C led by Captain John Miller. On D-Day June 6th, 1944, Bowers landed on Omaha Beach with Charlie Company, 2nd Rangers Battalion. The landing craft that he and his unit were riding aboard came under a barrage of fire from German MG-42 in the Coastal Bunker. Bowers was probably killed by the machine gun fire before he was able to jump overboard with the other members of his company.