Bowland, James E
First Name
James
Middle Name
E
Last Name
Bowland
Serial Number
37343285
Service Branch
Army Air Corps
Highest Rank
TEC5
War or Action
World War II
Place Of Birth
Routt County, Colorado, U.S.
County
Routt
Biography

Member crew of USS LST-282. Participated in invasion of Normandy in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon invasion of southern France in August 1944. Died when LST-282 was sunk by Henschel HS-293 radio controlled bomb.

Place Of Death
Atlantic Ocean Off Boulouris, France
Circumstances
Killed In Action
Row Number
15
Column Number
1
Panel Number
9

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