RANGERS Fowler, James Gillett

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Fowler
  • FORENAME
James Gillett
  • UNIT
1 Ranger Bn (Company F)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-1047124
  • DATE OF DEATH
30th January 1944
  • AGE
23
  • GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Section 9 Site 5846-A/C
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Babylon, Kings County, New York
born 19.11.1920, Brooklyn, New York, USA
father Henry Gillett Fowler (1895-1987)
mother Helen (nee Murphy) Fowler (1894-1978)
former Company C
award D.S.C. (posthumous)
KIA Nettuno, Anzio, Italy
 

DATE OF DEATH:

30-Jan-1944

AWARD:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/fowler-james-g.39253/

CITATION:

Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) James G. Fowler (ASN: 0-1047124), United States Army, for The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) James G. Fowler (ASN: 0-1047124), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company F, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion, in action against enemy forces on 29 January 1944, near Cisterna Di Littoria, Italy. When the First Ranger Battalion was ordered to infiltrate five miles through the enemy lines and capture the town of Cisterna Di Littoria, Lieutenant Fowler, Commanding Company F, personally led the point of the advance guard. After moving forward about one mile and contact with an enemy outpost had been made, Lieutenant Fowler accompanied by three members of his command crawled forward and moved to the enemy outpost, where he drew his knife, silently disposed of the German sentry, and signaled for the march to continue. Another enemy outpost was contacted within two miles, and Lieutenant Fowler again silently eliminated the sentry. When the Battalion proceeded through an enemy bivouac area about 600 yards from the town, the raiders were discovered; the enemy opened intense fire and during the ensuing fire he personally killed ten enemy soldiers while leading his company into a firing position. In the course of this action Lieutenant Fowler was struck in the legs by a burst of enemy machine gun fire, dropped his radio and in attempting to recover it by crawling from a depression into which he had fallen, he was struck by a second burst of enemy machine gun fire and killed instantly. His inspiring courage and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/22125

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49183914/james-gillett-fowler
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