Louis W. Howell
Private First Class Louis W. Howell, Serial: 32205509, 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Awards: Purple Heart. He lived at 1144 Louis Street, Camden NJ. Buried at Plot D 932, Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ.
Private First Class Louis W. Howell was born on August 15, 1917 to Mr. and Mrs. Elias Howell. As a boy he had lived in Barrington NJ. The family later moved to 1144 Louis Street, in Camden NJ.
Drafted into the Army in 1942, he had gone overseas in January of 1944. He saw considerable action at the Anzio beachhead in Italy, and was killed in action during the attack out of Anzio, north of Rome, Italy on May 27, 1944.
Louis Howell was brought home after the war, and he was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ on July 28, 1948. Besides his parents, he was survived by a sister, Rae Howell, and three brothers, William E., Kenneth, and Raymond Howell, all of whom served in the armed forces.
South Jersey Soldiers Dead and Wounded
Camden Courier-Post —
Two other South Jersey soldiers have been reported killed in action and two others wounded, one of them in the French invasion, while the son of a Merchantville school teacher, previously reported missing, now is listed as prisoner of the Romanians.
Dead: First Lieut. Peter C. Van Gemert, 25, of 2920 Federal street. Techn. 1-G Emerson Spears, 21, of 7 Walnut street, Pennsgrove. Pfc. Louis Howell, 26, of 1144 Louis street.
Wounded: Pfc. John W. O’Neill, 3rd, of Cinnaminson township. S-Sgt. Joseph Joie, of Walnut street, Williamstown.
Prisoner: Lieut. Edmund Cordery, 23, of 126 West Church street, Absecon.
Lieutenant Van Gemert was chosen for the honor guard for the King and Queen of England on their prewar visit to this country. (Continued on Page 2—Column 8)
Private Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Howell of the Louis street address, was killed in action on May 27 in Italy, according to a telegram received by his parents last Monday. He had been in Italy for five months, and had been stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., before going overseas. Private Howell had served in the Army for two years. He had two brothers in service, William E. Howell, stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky., and Kenneth Howell, of Grenier field, N. H. Another brother, Raymond, was honorably discharged recently.
Pfc. Howell Rites Listed Wednesday
Camden Courier-Post —
Military rites for Pfc. Louis W. Howell, 1144 Louis street, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in National cemetery, Beverly.
Private Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Howell, was killed in action in Italy May 27, 1944, five months after being sent overseas. He was 26. He entered the service in January, 1942, and was sent overseas with the Fifteenth Infantry two years later.
Surviving also are a sister, Miss Rae Howell, and three brothers, Raymond and William, of Camden, and Kenneth, of Manchester, N. H.