Dennis Clement Cowen, 19211944 (aged 22 years)

Name
Dennis Clement /Cowen/
Given names
Dennis Clement
Surname
Cowen
Birth
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Death of a sister
Birth of a sister
Death of a sister
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Death of a maternal grandfather
Marriage of parents

Gesu Catholic Church, (Located on the Marquette Campus) 1145 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0495 - Gesu Parish Center address: 1210 W. Michigan, P. O. Box 495, Milwaukee, Wi 53201-0495 Phone: 414-288-7101

Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Death of a father
Death of a half-brother
February 21, 1943 (aged 21 years)
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Death
April 8, 1944 (aged 22 years)
Burial
Address
Dennis Clement Cowen
308 East Water Street
Watertown, Wisconsin
Name of addressee: Dennis Clement Cowen
Address line 1: 308 East Water Street
City: Watertown
State: Wisconsin
Family with parents
father
mother
18931976
Birth: March 8, 1893 34 20 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota
Death: May 2, 1976Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin
Marriage MarriageOctober 25, 1926West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
-8 years
elder sister
19191999
Birth: February 16, 1919 18 22 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: September 26, 1999Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
19 months
elder brother
19201994
Birth: August 29, 1920 50 27 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: December 7, 1994Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
15 months
himself
19211944
Birth: November 23, 1921 51 28 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: April 8, 1944Italy
13 months
younger sister
19221923
Birth: December 25, 1922 53 29 Watertown, North Dakota
Death: November 11, 1923Watertown, North Dakota
1 year
younger sister
19231923
Birth: December 17, 1923 54 30 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: December 25, 1923Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
11 months
younger sister
19241996
Birth: November 2, 1924 54 31 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: December 16, 1996Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
13 months
younger brother
19251998
Birth: November 28, 1925 55 32 West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Death: October 4, 1998Hollandale, Iowa County, Wisconsin
14 months
younger brother
19272006
Birth: February 3, 1927 57 33 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: December 6, 2006Fitchburg, Dane County, Wisconsin
18 months
younger sister
19282006
Birth: July 29, 1928 58 35 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: August 3, 2006Madision, Dane County, Wisconsin
17 months
younger sister
19291985
Birth: December 17, 1929 60 36 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: November 5, 1985Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont
16 months
younger sister
19312003
Birth: April 24, 1931 61 38 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: April 5, 2003Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin
14 months
younger sister
19322021
Birth: June 11, 1932 62 39 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: March 14, 2021West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Father’s family with Martha Behling
father
stepmother
Marriage Marriage
half-brother
18931894
Birth: November 2, 1893 23 20
Death: August 27, 1894
3 years
half-sister
18961987
Birth: June 13, 1896 26 22 Wisconsin
Death: July 28, 1987Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
20 months
half-brother
18981987
Birth: January 21, 1898 28 24 Watertown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Death: June 12, 1987Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
20 months
half-brother
13 months
half-brother
19001983
Birth: October 9, 1900 30 26 Watertown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Death: June 26, 1983Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
4 years
half-brother
19041947
Birth: March 25, 1904 34 30 Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Death: November 30, 1947
3 years
half-sister
19061906
Birth: November 30, 1906 36 33
Death: November 30, 1906
13 months
half-sister
19071909
Birth: 1907 37 33
Death: January 8, 1909
6 years
half-sister
19122002
Birth: October 1, 1912 42 38 Watertown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Death: November 12, 2002Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
2 years
half-brother
19141989
Birth: 1914 44 40 Wisconsin
Death: 1989Wisconsin
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Shared note

Dennis tripped on a land mine and died while on a R & R. His friends came back to tell the family about Dennis and one friend in particular lost a leg while he was with Dennis at the time of the accident. Dennis was killed in Italy during World War II and received the purple heart.

C/173rd FA Battalion

https://121fava.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/D_03_History-173rd-FA-Bn.pdf - page 29

"During the entire month of April, the weather was nice and living conditions were spoiled only by the frequent enemy shelling which results in casualities. Two from "C" Battery, Pfc. Dennis Cowen and Pfc. Walter Lekies entered the beach area and set off a mine field. Pfc. Cowen was immediately killed and Pfc. Lekies seriously wounded. Pfc. William Earnhart, Battery C, died of wounds received from enemy shell fire on April 27th."