Pottawattamie County

S/Sgt. Elmer M. McDowell

 

S. Sgt. McDowell Killed in France

S. Sgt. Elmer M. McDowell, 30, husband of Mildred Harrington McDowell, 128 Elliott street, was killed in action Jan. 2 in France, according to word received here Monday.

Sgt. McDowell, with the army for nine years, had been overseas for a year with a quartermaster unit. Mrs. McDowell is now with her husband’s parents in California.

Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, January 29, 1945, Page 6