SERGEANT FRANCIS M. FOWLER, 11017295 KIA

SERGEANT FRANCIS M. FOWLER, 11017295 KIA Army Air Force. Sergeant Fowler graduated from the New Hampton School for Boys, New Hampton, N. H ., in 1936. He was a prominent member of the ski team and football team. Upon graduating he was employed by his father until December 2, 1940, when he enlisted in the Air Corps and was assigned to the above unit as a radio operator and gunner. He served in the 13th Sqdn., 3rd Bomb. Group, 13th Air Force. Sergeant Fowler went overseas January 30, 1942, to Australia. His group was based in Australia and flew missions over Japanese held positions in the South ·west Pacific. On one of these raids his bomber was shot down and the crew lived on the island of Papua for one month before they were rescued. On September 4, 1942, his plane was shot down by enemy fighters while returning from a raid on Salamaua, New Guinea and crashed into a mountainside. Sergeant Fowler is buried in a U. S. Cemetery at Milne Bay, New Guinea. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Daisy L. Fowler, 545 Main St. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, The American Theater of operations Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (PTO), The Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and the World War Two Victory Medal. 

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