William R. Lowe
Thayer Soldier to be Buried Here Sunday
Pfc. William R. Lowe, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe of Thayer, who made the supreme sacrifice on the Korean battlefront on June 26, 1951, exactly one year after his enlistment in the army on June 26, 1950, will arrive in Lowell with military escort Friday afternoon and will lie in state at the Weaver funeral home.Lowell Post 101, American Legion, will conduct military services at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon and interment will be in the Lowell cemetery.
Pfc. Lowe, a graduate of Mt. Ayr high school, received his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and attended Military Police school at Camp Gordon, Georgia. He was sent to Japan January 2, 1951, and was transferred to the infantry in Korea.
On March 10th he was wounded and after two months hospitalization, returned to the front lines where he fell in battle on June 26.
Besides his parents and a host of relatives and friends, Pfc. Lowe is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Betty Wood of South Bend, Marie Gertrude and Penelope Ann at home; also two brothers, Robert, Jr., of Roselawn and Wallace Arthur, who is serving with the Marine Corps.
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