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Robert Earl Dowd
Jeremy Anderson2021-03-31T15:53:18-05:00
- Name: Robert Earl Dowd
- Location of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: April 11, 1920
- Date of Death: September 11, 2004
- Parents: Earl Dowd & Nellie (Cheslak) Dowd
- High School and Class: 1939 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
- College:
- Highest Rank:
- Branch: Army
- Other Branch:
- Date Sworn In: September 6, 1944
- Place Sworn In: Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date of Discharge:
- Place of Discharge:
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: California
Name: Robert Earl Dowd
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: April 11, 1920
Birth Place: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Inglewood, California, USA
Registration Date: July 1, 1941
Employer: Student
Weight: 170
Height: 5-8
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs. N. Dowd
WW II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Robert E. Dowd
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or country: Minnesota
State of Residence: Minnesota
County or City: Hennepin
Enlistment Date: September 6, 1944
Enlistment State: Minnesota
Enlistment City: Fort Snelling
Branch: No branch
Branch Code: No branch
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year college
Civil Occupation: Mechanics, repairmen, airplane
Marital status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Newspaper article: May 1945 – Robert Dowd is again an instructor at Bergstrom Field, Texas after a course of schooling in Buffalo, N.Y. He expects to be home on furlough in June. Jimmy Dowd is located somewhere in Germany where he says he is billeted in an apartment house.
- Wars Involved:
World War II
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- Civilian Life:
Robert Dowd married Margaret Heinrich in 1943 in South Dakota.
Robert died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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