Samuel O. Lowe

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/08/1944

Samuel Orville Lowe was born in Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1923.

He was drafted into the Army on February 2, 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His home of residence was listed
as Coraopolis, Pennsylvania and his civilian occupation was listed as Paymasters, Payroll Clerks, And Timekeepers.
He had completed four years of High School and at the time of induction was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was married on January 6, 1944 and his son was born on August 4, 1944.

He was assigned to Company A from Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
on July 1, 1944.

Private Lowe was killed in action in France on July 8, 1944, during the fighting in the hedgerow countryside
of Normandy, in the vicinity of La Maugerie.

Samuel O. Lowe was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block N Row 5 Grave 89 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot C Row 23 Grave 40

Grave marker for

Samuel O. Lowe

Photo by

John Tomawski

and

Andreia Lino

Top photo of Samuel Lowe from the Corapolis High School yearbook of 1942

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