Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....William STOWELL, 1919
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"The Herald" Piedmont, West Virginia, Fri 11 Jul 1919: "
Westernport Boy Reported Killed-Made Supreme Sacrifice July 18-Mrs. Wm. Stowell, 
of Westernport, has been notified by the War Department that her son, Private 
William P. Stowell, was killed in action in France July 18, 1918. The first 
notice Mrs. Stowell received was on September 10th stating that her son was 
reported missing in action. Then on April 21, 1919, she received word that he 
was reported dead and the cause of death would be determined later. On June 15th, 
she received final notice stating that he was killed in action July 18th, 1918. 
Stowell, who was twenty-four years old on the day he was killed, was one of the 
first Westernport boys to volunteer. He enlisted at Keyser, on July 13, 1917, 
and after training at Gettysburg, Pa., for five months sailed for overseas on 
December 18, 1918. He was slightly wounded in action on April 10, 1918, but 
returned to the firing line on May 30. He was a member of a Machine Gun 
Battalion of the 26th Division. He is survived by his parents, five sisters 
and five brothers. His brother, John Stowell, enlisted as an engineer in the 
navy in December, 1917, at Columbus, Ohio. He trained at Newport, R. I., and 
after making one trip overseas, entered the hospital, for spinal meningitis, 
which caused him to receive his discharge on account of physical disability. 
After trying to enlist in the army, he was drafted and left for Camp Meade in 
July. He served three months at Camp Meade, and then received his honorable 
discharge."


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