Gowen, Paul R., 1st Lt

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Final Rank
First Lieutenant

Last MOS
AAF MOS 1051-Pilot - Two-Engine

Last MOS Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1938-1938, AAF MOS 1051, 19th Wing

Service Years
1933 - 1938

First Lieutenant

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Home State

Idaho

Idaho

Year of Birth
1909

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Home Town Caldwell, Idaho	Last Address Albrook Field, Panama
Date of Passing Jul 11, 1938
Location of Interment Canyon Hill Cemetery - Caldwell, Idaho	Wall/Plot Coordinates Block 55; Lot 31; Space 5

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Last Known Activity:

He was killed soon after take-off from Albrook Field when one engine of his twin-engined bomber died and it plunged into the jungle near Paitilla Point. He was thrown from the plane and crushed by one of the motors.
His navigator and radioman survived the crash.
On Jul 31, 1941, Boise Air Base was renamed Gowen Field in his honor. It is now Gowen Field ANGB.

Other Comments:

Sources:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64096160

http://museum.mil.idaho.gov/Newsletters/3rdQtr2003.pdf

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idfs/PObits/Obit-PRGowen.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowen_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Boise_Airport
http://home.ancestry.com

1929-1933, United States Military Academy, West Point

FromYear 1929	ToYear 1933
College United States Military Academy, West Point
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Last Updated:Jul 10, 2016

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Cadet Gowen

2nd Battalion Leadership

From the USMA Howitzer Yearbook

57 Also There at This College:

Ackerman, John Bevier, Maj Gen, (1932-1960)

Agee, Sam Wilkerson, Maj Gen, (1937-1963)

Alness, Harvey Thompson, Lt Gen, (1934-1964)

Asensio, Manuel Jose, Lt Gen, (1927-1960)

Baker, David Hodge, Maj Gen, (1932-1957)

Barton, Paul Lawrence, Brig Gen, (1929-1964)

Bell, Fredrick, Brig Gen, (1932-1963)

Blake, Gordon Aylesworth, Lt Gen, (1931-1965)

Bradley, Mark Edward, Gen, (1930-1965)

Broadhurst, Edwin Borden, Lt Gen, (1937-1965)

Brugge, Byron Elias, Col, (1934-1945)

Carmichael, Richard Henry, Maj Gen, (1928-1961)

Castle, Frederick Walter, Brig Gen, (1930-1944)

Clark, Albert Patton, Lt Gen, (1932-1974)

Crowder, Robert Thomas, Col, (1936-1944)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Gen, (1936-1970)

Du Bose, Thomas J., Brig Gen, (1929-1959)

Ellsworth, Richard Elmer, Brig Gen, (1931-1953)

Estes, Howell Marion, Gen, (1936-1967)

Freeman, Richard Shafle, Capt, (1930-1941)

Gabel, Percival, Col, (1932-1943)

Gent, Thomas J., Maj Gen, (1935-1963)

Glattly, James, Capt, (1932-1943)

Greeley, Horace John, Maj, (1937-1945)

Hall, Thomas Burns, Col, (1933-1951)

Holloway, Bruce Keener, Gen, (1937-1972)

Karnes, William, Col, (1929-1944)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, Jr., Capt, (1936-1941)

Klocko, Richard Philip, Lt Gen, (1937-1971)

Little, Augustine Patterson, Col, (1937-1944)

Losey, Robert Moffat, Capt, (1929-1940)

Magoffin, Morton David, Col, (1937-1958)

McCorkle, Charles Milton, Maj Gen, (1932-1966)

McKee, William Fulton, Gen, (1929-1964)

Monteith, Dwight Oliver, Maj Gen, (1936-1971)

Moody, George Putnam, Maj, (1929-1941)

Napier, Ezekiel Wimberly, Brig Gen

Necrason, Conrad Francis, Maj Gen, (1937-1965)

Norstad, Lauris, Gen, (1930-1963)

O'Keefe, Richard Joseph, Maj Gen, (1930-1960)

Ostrander, Don Richard, Maj Gen, (1933-1965)

Price, John, Col

Raker, John Newlin, Capt, (1942-1944)

Reeves, Raymond Judson, Gen, (1934-1969)

Rhymes, James Willis, 2nd Lt, (1938-1940)

Robey, Pearl Harvey, Maj Gen, (1930-1960)

Rogers, Turner Clifton, Maj Gen, (1936-1966)

Ruestow, Paul E., Maj Gen, (1930-1960)

Scott, Robert Lee, Brig Gen, (1927-1957)

Smart, Jacob Edward, Gen, (1927-1966)

Smith, Frederic Harrison, Gen, (1929-1962)

Sweeney, Walter Campbell, Gen, (1926-1965)

Vincent, Clinton Dermott, Brig Gen, (1928-1955)

Waugh, Richard Rawlins, Col, (1932-1945)

Westover, Charles Bainbridge, Lt Gen, (1937-1967)

Wray, Stanley Tanner, Maj Gen, (1932-1962)

Zimmerman, Don Zabriskie, Brig Gen, (1929-1958)

90 Also There at This College From Other Sites:

Abrams, Creighton W., Jr. (26th Army Chief of Staff), GEN, (1936 - 1974)

Alger, James Dyce, LTG USA(Ret), (1935 - 1970)

Baehr, Carl Adolph, Jr., MAJ, (1932 - 1944)

Ball, William Harris, MAJ, (1933 - 1942)

Blair, Arthur Walter, LTC, (1932 - 1944)

Burton Jr., Emmette Young, COL USA(Ret), (1937 - 1967)

Caraway, Paul, LTG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

Castle, Frederick Walker, BG, (1924 - 1944)

Clifford, Thomas Edgar, Jr., COL, (1932 - 1945)

Coleman, Wilson Dudley, LTC, (1931 - 1944)

Cooper, Ralph C., MG, (1929 - 1963)

Dalton, James L., II, BG, (1933 - 1945)

Darby, William Orlando, BG, (1933 - 1945)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr. (MOH), COL, (1936 - 1947)

DeGavre, Chester Braddock, BG, (1933 - 1963)

DeGavre, Chester, BG USA(Ret), (1926 - 1963)

Deisher, Christian Francis, LTC USA(Ret), (1925 - 1959)

Ely, William Jonas, Jr., LTG, (1933 - 1966)

Engler, Jean E., LTG, (1933 - 1967)

Evans, Benjamin Franklin Jr, MG, (Not Specified)

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, COL, (1832 - 1865)

Freeman, Paul Lamar, Jr., GEN USA(Ret), (1929 - 1967)

Gavin, James Maurice (Jumpin' Jim), LTG USA(Ret), (1924 - 1958)

Gerhart, George, COL, (1930 - 1961)

Green, Martin Levering, COL, (1937 - 1967)

Haines, Ralph Edward, Jr., GEN USA(Ret), (1935 - 1973)

Hamlett, Barksdale, Jr. (9th Army Vice CofS), GEN USA(Ret), (1930 - 1964)

Harkins, Paul Donal (Ramrod), GEN, (1929 - 1964)

Harris, Hugh Pate, GEN USA(Ret), (1931 - 1965)

Hartel, Frederick, BG USA(Ret), (1928 - 1966)

Hawkins, Jesse M, Jr., LTC, (1933 - 1944)

Herlong, Henry Walter, CPT, (1933 - 1941)

Hero, Andrew, III, LTC, (1932 - 1943)

Hewitt, Robert, MG USA(Ret), (1932 - 1967)

Higgins, Gerald, MG USA(Ret), (1927 - 1955)

Hill, Francis, BG USA(Ret), (1927 - 1963)

Hill, Richard Frederick, MAJ, (1933 - 1944)

Howze, Hamilton Hawkins, GEN USA(Ret), (1926 - 1965)

Hurdis, Charles, MG USA(Ret), (1917 - 1946)

Joerg, Wood, LTC, (1933 - 1945)

Johnson, Harold Keith (24th Army CofS), GEN USA(Ret), (1933 - 1968)

Kellam, Frederick C. A., MAJ, (1936 - 1944)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, Jr., CPT, (1937 - 1941)

Lincoln, George, BG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1969)

Lothrop, Robert Blake, MAJ, (1930 - 1944)

Lynde, Nelson, Jr., MG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

MacLean, Allan, COL, (1926 - 1950)

Marshall, Alfred Cookman, Jr., COL, (1928 - 1944)

Mathews, John Hobert, LTC, (1931 - 1944)

McClure, Mark, MG USA(Ret), (1922 - 1957)

McKenzie, Henry, BG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1958)

Menoher, William, COL USA(Ret), (1932 - 1955)

Merrill, Frank Dow, MG USA(Ret), (1922 - 1948)

Messinger, Edwin J., LTG, (1931 - 1965)

Mucci, Henry Andrews, COL USA(Ret), (1929 - 1947)

Neiger, John Joseph, MAJ, (1935 - 1944)

Neyland, Robert, BG USA(Ret), (1916 - 1946)

Nichols, Kenneth David, MG, (1929 - 1953)

Ostrander, Don Richard, MG, (1933 - 1965)

Palmer Jr., Bruce (12th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army), GEN USA(Ret), (1936 - 1974)

Palmer., Bruce, Jr., GEN USA(Ret), (1936 - 1974)

Pollock, Daniel Carroll (Navy Cross), Col, (1936 - 1964)

Pugh, John, MG, (1928 - 1966)

Quinn, William Wilson ("Buffalo Bill"), LTG, (1933 - 1966)

Raff, Edson Duncan (Little Ceasar), COL, (1933 - 1958)

Riemenschneider, Walter Albert, LTC USA(Ret), (1931 - 1963)

Russell, Sam Carroll, MG USA(Ret), (1932 - 1962)

Ryder, William Thomas (Billy), BG, (1936 - 1966)

Sanders, Horace L (Sandy), BG, (1930 - 1970)

Sanders, Robert, LTC, (1934 - 1945)

Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., COL, (1932 - 1947)

Thompson, Paul, BG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1946)

Throckmorton, John Lathrop, GEN USA(Ret), (1935 - 1973)

Townes, Morton, BG USA(Ret), (1926 - 1960)

Treacy, Edgar, Jr., COL, (1935 - 1951)

Truman, Louis Watson, LTG, (1926 - 1967)

Tucker, Reuben Henry, III (Rube), MG USA(Ret), (1935 - 1963)

Volckmann, Russell, BG, (1934 - 1960)

Walker, Edwin Anderson (Ted), MG, (1931 - 1961)

Waters, John Knight, GEN USA(Ret), (1927 - 1966)

Wehle, Philip, MG USA(Ret), (1930 - 1965)

Westmoreland, William Childs (25th Army CofS), GEN, (1936 - 1972)

Wheeler, Earle Gilmore (23d Army CofS 6th JC), GEN USA(Ret), (1932 - 1970)

Wheeler, Lester Lewis, BG USA(Ret), (1935 - 1965)

Wilson, Walter, Jr., LTG USA(Ret), (1929 - 1965)

Wood, Robert, GEN USA(Ret), (1924 - 1969)

Yarborough, William Pelham, LTG, (1936 - 1971)

Yount, Paul, MG USA(Ret), (1930 - 1958)

Zehner, Elery, COL USA(Ret), (1937 - 1968)

Zierath, Frederick, MG USA(Ret), (1933 - 1967)

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