Service Number:
(unknown)

Marine Corps Regular

Enlisted: (unknown)

Platoon: Communications

Hometown: Upper Darby, PA

Next Of Kin: Parents, Paul & Ruth Bowen

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Born: January 7, 1924
Died: August 23, 2003

Campaigns Served: Namur, Saipan, Tinian
Highest Rank Attained: Corporal
Decorations:
Purple Heart

PFC Pennock Bowen was one of the original members of Headquarters Company. He was promoted to Corporal on December 13, 1943, and served as a senior radio operator with the Communications platoon.

Bowen participated in the battles of Namur, Saipan, and Tinian. He left the battalion in the fall of 1944; his further service is unknown.

Pennock Bowen died in Cocoa Beach, Florida in 2003.