BOWMAN, Allen
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 21-Dec-1950 p 1, typed by: JR
Veedersburg - Cpl. Allen Bowman was killed in action in the Korean war zone Nov. 28, according to a War department telegram received Wednesday by the boy's father, Bruce Bowman, of Veedersburg. Cpl Bowman, a member of the Seventh Marine division, was wounded last August, and was in a hospital in Japan for several weeks recovering from shrapnel wounds in his foot. He had since returned to action. Cpl. Bowman was born in Covington, the son of Bruce and Jessie Smith Bowman. He enlisted in the Marines in August, 1948, and was sent overseas in July, 1950. He would have been 21 years old next Jan. 20. His grandfather, Elliot Bowman, of Veedersburg, received Wednesday one of the last letters written by the youthful Marine. It was written Nov. 23. Surviving are the mother and father, and a brother, Jack, of Covington.
Source: Fountain County 1950s obituaries (Covington Library collection) – hand dated Dec 1950. – thanks to Brenda
Cpl. Allen M. Bowman, 20 was Killed In Action in Korea on Nov 28, a telegram from the Defence Department notified his father, Bruce Bowman at 10 o’clock Tuesday night. He was the first Veedersburg boy known to have give his life in the Korean fighting. Allen would have been 21 years old on Jan 30 next, having been born Jan 30, 1930 in Covington, the son of Bruce and Jessie Smith Bowman. He attended the Veedersburg schools having lived here for 14 years. He was graduated from Covington HS in 1947 and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1948, receiving his training at Parris Island, SC and at San Diego, Calif. He visited here on leave in June and a few days after arriving in Korea was wounded on Aug 13 and was sent to a hospital in Japan. In Sept, he was returned to active combat duty in Korea. A letter recently received by his grandfather, Elliott Bowman of Veedersburg was written on Thanksgiving Day and expressed appreciation for the turkey dinner the marine cooks were preparing. He wrote that his foot had completely healed and the wound had left no scars. He told how he appreciated hearing from home and “will be glad when we reach the border and secure this thing.”
