Bowen, Ezekiel Jackson 'Zeke'

1927 - 1989  (61 years)

• Name	Bowen, Ezekiel Jackson 'Zeke'
  Birth	31 Oct 1927	Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BOWE.E002
  _FGRAVE	104940605
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on April 4, 1946 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the Infantry, completed basic training, and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of General Clerk (055). Departed the Continental U.S. on August 6, 1946 bound for The Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with the Manila Leave Center, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on April 23, 1947 at The Separation Center, Fort Lawton, Washington, per demobilization plan. Earned the WWII Victory Medal. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2118217
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Bowen, Ezekiel J. (1927-1989)
  Death	23 May 1989	Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Burial	Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  		Headstone, Bowen, Ezekiel J.
  Person ID	I43238	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Bowen, Leonard Bloomfield,   b. 22 Jun 1906   d. 25 Oct 1995 (Age 89 years)
  Mother	?, Louise,   b. 1905   d. 1983 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F16753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilkins, Mary Kathleen,   b. 13 Dec 1929, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois d. 11 Jun 2016, Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F19321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Oct 1927 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Death - 23 May 1989 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15057] World War II Honoree, Ezekiel J. Bowen, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2118217) (Reliability: 2).