Sgt. O. Owens, West Liberty, Missing; Brother Prisoner
West Liberty—Technical Sergeant Orian G. Owens, of West Liberty, son of George H. Owens, of Lisbon, Ia., has been reported missing in action since Jan. 11, 1944, following a raid over Germany, according to official word received by his father. Sgt. Owens was serving as an engineer on a U. S. bomber. Sgt. Owens has been in the service since August, 1942, when he left here with a Muscatine county contingent. He has been overseas since September, 1943.
A brother of Sgt. Owens, Harold Owens, has been reported a prisoner of war since March, 1943, and he has two other brothers, Lawrence Owens of Iowa City and Gaylord Owens, of Lone Tree.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, January 28, 1944
Lone Tree:
Was Held Prisoner.
Pvt. Harold Owens, of Lisbon, has been visiting the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Krueger. Pvt. Owens, who was a prisoner of war in Italy for several months recently received an honorable discharge. A brother, Sgt. Orian Owens, has been missing in action since Jan. 1944, on an air raid over Germany, from England. Both are nephews of Mrs. Frank Krueger, of this place.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, February 6, 1945
Harold Samuel Owens was born Nov. 8, 1920 to George H. and Myra A. Fidler Owens. He died June 26, 1996 and is buried in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, IA.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was a German POW.
Source: ancestry.com
