from Bowling Green,Kentucky,USA
Private First Class (35171955)
1 Company 3 Regiment
born 4.2.1920 Delphi,Indiana
son of John and Mary Jane (nee Beard) Downs
1 year college
molder in civilian life
resided Carroll County,Indiana
enlisted 19.11.1941
award Purple Heart
discharged October 1945
carpenter postwar
married Lois (2 daughters Marianne and Darcy,3 sons Joe,John and Richard)
moved to Arizona late 1970s
died 13.12.1998 Arizona
cremated
photo source Eric Morgensen
