Monona County

Pvt. C. Elwood Bowers

 

 

Men In Service

Private C. Elwood Bowers, address is naval reserve post office, New York City and that of his brother, Private Royal G. Bowers, is army air force, Curtiss-Wright, Glendale Cal. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Bowers of Whiting, Iowa.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, November 5, 1942

Charles Elwood Bowers was born Feb. 28, 1913 to Carl D. and Cressa Iola Barnard Bowers. He died Oct. 14, 1999 and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Grass Valley, CA.

Chief Petty Officer Bowers served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com