Name:
Samuel Robert Bowen
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1944-11-20
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 12
Row:
Grave:
2880
Decoration:
Comments:
Samuel Robert Bowen was born on June 1, 1919 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He served in the US Air Corps as a Captain during World War II. He died on November 20, 1944 at the age of 25 and is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. CPT Bowen was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.