Robert J. Cowen

Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 42191267
Company E, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: April 21, 1945
Buried at: Arlington Cemetery, Cove Road, Pennsauken, New Jersey

Awards: Purple Heart

Private Robert J. Cowen was the son of Edgar and Catherine Cowen. He was born in Camden, New Jersey on May 6, 1926 and had a brother, Clifford, and a sister, June Marie. The Cowen family lived at 133 North 26th Street in East Camden. Edgar Cowen supported his family by working as a machinist in a radio factory. Robert Cowen graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School on Federal Street in Camden in June of 1944. He worked for the Wicks Engineering Company in Camden before being drafted into the Army on October 28, 1944.

Sent overseas in February of 1945, Private Cowen was killed in action while serving our nation in Germany on April 21, 1945. The body of Robert Cowen was returned home to New Jersey after the war. On December 9, 1948, Robert Cowen was laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, New Jersey. He was survived by his parents and a sister, June Marie Cowen.