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SERGEANT NORBERT C. ROWAN
was born on July 23, 1921 to Mr. and Mrs. John N. Rowan. He grew up in
North Camden, where his family lived at 213
York
Street, and graduated
from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1940. After leaving school hew worked
at the John
R. Evans & Company leather works in Camden.
Three
other John R. Evans employees, Francis
J. Knox, Morris
Wilson Rickenbach Jr., and Raymond
Price, also gave their lives for America during World War II.
A fine
ballplayer, he pitched for the Pyne Point baseball club in
Camden's Diamond League during the summer of 1941. Norbert Rowan
enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1942. His
older brother John had been drafted in April of 1941 and was then
stationed with the 17th Field Artillery at Fort Bragg NC.
Norbert Rowan saw action
at Guadalcanal, where he was wounded in action. He return to action, and
was killed during the fighting at Peleliu.
Sergeant Norbert Charles
Rowan was survived by his father John N. Rowan of 1535 Gross Avenue, Pennsauken
NJ, brother John C. Rowan, and
sisters Esther and Mildred.
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