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STAFF SGT. CLINE ROWESERIOUSLY WOUNDEDStaff Sergeant Shufford Cline :• Rowe, paratrooper, has been reported seriously wounded. A report ■ received recently stated that he , :was slightly wounded July 8 and I further word received here this « i week stated that he was seriously! wounded in action in Holland Sep- ] tember 20.He received the Purple Heart last 13 Saturday. He has also received the ''Presidential Citation, several cam-i paign ribbons, and other awards of merit. While in the States he received medals for bayonet, rifle, pistol, grenade and machine gun! skill. !'The message was received by his ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Rowe, formerly of Marion, who have been j ! residing in Portsmouth, Virginia j while Mr. Rowe is employed in ship-! building there. The telegram read as follows:“The War Department regrets to inform you that your son, Staff jSgt. S. C. Rowe, was seriously wounded in action in Holland on September 20.”WOUNDED — Staff Sgt. S. C. , Rowe of Marion has been reported { seriously wounded in Holland.
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Marion Progress
Marion, North Carolina, US
Thu, Oct 19, 1944
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