ROWLAND, John Edward

Rank:

Captain

Service Branch:

U.S. Army

Serial Number:

O-1107093

Division:

Corps of Engineers

Regiment:

369th Engineers

Battalion:

Not available

Company:

Not available

Function:

Construction

Status:

Killed in a jeep accident, Luzon, Philippines

Date of death:

September 9, 1945

Place of death:

Luzon, Philippines

Age at death:

28

Awards:

Not known

Burial 1:

Philippines

Burial 2:

Reburial Feb 1949 at
Kentyre Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Born:

November 20, 1917

Hometown:

Hamer, Dillon County, South Carolina

Family:

Parents:
William Wyche Rowland (1875 - 1952)
Jewell Curtis Rowland (1886 - 1963)

Spouse:
Evelyn Holder Rowland

Children:
John Edward Rowland, Jr. (c. 1944 - 2000)

Siblings:
R. A. Rowland (brother)
S1C J. C. Rowland, USN (Pacific)
Mrs. C. B. Skipper
Mrs. C. D. Powell
Mrs. Maxwell Booth

Additional information:

Attended Clemson for two years. Enlisted April 11, 1942 at Fort Jackson, SC. 1st Lieutenant Rowland was on Guadalcanal for 14 months; from March 1944 until June 1945, when he was transferred to the Philippines. Promoted to Captain on Dec. 31, 1944.

Research by: Victoria Proctor, genealogist

Sources: Dillon County War Memorial, NARA World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing (1946), The Dillon Herald (October 4, 1945 and February 24, 1949 issues),
The State (February 16, 1949 issue), Clemson University

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