Sowder Edward Ray

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Edward Ray Sowder is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Coles Bayonet Charge

Name:

Edward Ray Sowder

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

35119940

Unit:

502nd Parachute infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-06-11

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, D�partement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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Decoration:

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Brevet Parachutiste

Comments:

Edward Ray �Eddie� Sowder was born on July 31, 1919, in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He was the son of John Christopher Sowder and Lula Mae Harrison Sowder. He served with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, as a Private during World War II.

Pvt Sowder was fatally shot in the head by a German sniper on June 11, 1944, and, as he lay dying, passed his rifle with its bayonet fixed to his commanding officer, Lt. Col. Robert G. Cole. He is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, D�partement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov