Frank N. Dowden, World War II CasualtyPorter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .
Frank N. Dowden
Sergeant, 141st Infantry, 36th Division
Date of Birth: 1908
Date of Death: October 24, 1944
Burial: Epinal American Cemetery (Plot B, Row 5, Grave 51), Epinal, France
Cause of Death: Killed in Action (Normandy, France)
Date of Enlistment: November 16, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
Hometown: Chesterton
Newspaper Notices:
Chesterton News Briefs
Mrs. Frank Dowden, the former Bessie Sutton of Porter, has received word that
her husband is missing in action in France. Mrs. Dowden is visiting her
father-in-law at Crawfordsville at present.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
November 22, 1944; Volume 18, Page 3, Column 3
Chesterton News Briefs
Mrs. Frank Dowden, the former Bessie Sutton of Porter, has been informed
that her husband was killed in action Oct. 24 in Normandy. He was formerly
reported missing on that date. He is a native of Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
November 29, 1944; Volume 18, Page 8, Column 1
Chesterton News Briefs
Mrs. Frank Dowden received the Purple Heart decoration January 23, which was
awarded to her husband, Sgt. Frank Dowden, who was killed in action Oct. 24, in
France.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
January 26, 1945; Volume 18, Page 7, Column 1
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Information abstracted and transcribed by Steven R. Shook