SOLDIER'S BODY ARRIVES IN U.S.
Family Informed Body Of Pfc
Robert D. Lowrie Is Now
In Philadelphia
The body of Pfc Robert Duane Lowrie,
who was killed in action in Belgium in the now famous Battle of the
Bulge on Jan 7, 1945, has arrived in Philadelphia from Europe and will
be brought to Franklin [PA] for interment, according to a telegram
received Friday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adelmer B. Lowrie
46 McKinley Street, Oak Hill.
The funeral director, L. L. Burger, will be informed by the
Quartermaster Depot, American Graves Registration Division,
Philadelphia, when the body will be shipped from Philadelphia and when
it can be expected to arrive in Franklin.
Mr. Burger said that arrangements were being made to accord the
young soldier full military honors in the funeral service to be held in
the Burger Funeral Home. The American Legion and veterans of
Foreign Wars will have charge of the military rites during the service.
Pfc Lowrie entered service on May 31, 1943, a week after his
graduation from Franklin High School. He received his basic
training at Camp Campbell, KY and was sent overseas in June, 1944
He was a paratrooper with Company C, 82nd Airborne Division.
Pfc. Lowrie was born in Franklin on Aug 31, 1924 and was 20 years
of age when he was killed. A son of Adelmer and Bessie Green
Lowrie, the young soldier is survived by the following brothers and
sisters: Wesley N. Lowrie, Adelmer Jr, Mrs. David Long and Mrs. W.C.
Cunningham, Franklin; Harold E., Joseph A., and Grace E. Lowrie, at
home; and Paul A. Lowrie, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp
Lejeune, NC [The News-Herald,
(Franklin, PA), Nov 22, 1947, Pg 2] [PDF] |
FLAG AT HALF MAST
TO HONOR SOLDIER
The
county flag at the head of the Twelfth Street island was being flown at
half mast today in tribute to Pfc Robert D. Lowrie, who was killed in
the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. The body of the Oak Hill
soldier ar4rived in Franklin this afternoon. Funeral services will
be conducted Thursday afternoon in the Burger Funeral Home . The
flag will remain at half mast until after the funeral.
[The News-Herald, (Franklin, PA), Dec
9, 1947, Pg 2] [PDF]
(courtesy of Doris Hartman)
Robert enlisted at Erie, PA on 31 May 1943,
a week after his graduation from Franklin High School, Franklin (Venango
county), PA.. He
received his basic training at Camp Campbell, KY and went to jump school
at Ft Benning before he was sent overseas in June, 1944.
On 23 July 1944 Pfc Lowrie was transferred
from Hq 82d Airborne Division, Leicester, England to Company C, 508th
PIR. He entered
the Battle of The Bulge when the regiment was called up on 18 December
1944 and he was killed in action on 7 January 1945. |
MILITARY RITES
TO BE ACCORDED
PFC ROBERT D. LOWRIE
Military Rites will be accorded Pfc Robert
D. Lowrie
|
PFC ROBERT D LOWRIE |
Military rites will be
accorded Pfc Robert D. Lowrie, son of Adelmer and Bessie Lowrie, 46
McKinley street, Oak Hill, who was killed in action in the Battle of the
Bulge during World War II.
The body arrived in Franklin
this afternoon and [was] removed to the Burger Funeral Home where the
family will receive friends ad where the funeral services will be
held Thursday.
The body of Pfc Lowrie is the first of Franklin district war dead
to be sent home for burial.
Capt. Robert Hopkins, commander of the Franklin Salvation army,
will officiate at the services Thursday. Capt. Hopkins served as a
chaplain overseas during the war.
Military honors will be accorded by Franklin American Legion
and Jesse Greer Post Veterans of foreign wars members. Burial will
be in Franklin Cemetery.
The body was accompanied to Franklin by a military escort from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
[The News-Herald, (Franklin, PA), Dec
9, 1947, Pg 2] [PDF] |