Name:
Thomas Edward Gowans
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
301353
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Utah
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
C
Row:
Grave:
36
Decoration:
Comments:
Thomas Edward Gowans was born on August 6, 1917, in Utah. He was the son of Thomas Edward Gowans and Della May Salisbury Gowans.
He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.