Sanford K. Bowen | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	35308473
Unit	157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
Rank	Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Ohio
Date of Death	January 20 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Epinal American Cemetery Epinal American Cemetery 385, rue de la Rondenolle 88000 Dinozé France

157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains Private First Class Sanford K. Bowen were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Epinal American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.