Leroy Bowman (1921 - 2014)

Born 2 Nov 1921 in South Carolina, United States

Died 26 Feb 2014 at age 92 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Leroy Bowman is Notable.

Leroy Bowman served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

Leroy Bowman, son of Brooks Bowman and Rena Smith, was born in 1921.^[1] He died in 2014 and is buried in Walker Cemetery in Sumter, South Carolina.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947" National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for South Carolina, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #197358602 (accessed 28 November 2021)
   Name: Leroy Bowman; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 19; Birth Date: 2 Nov 1921; Birth Place: Privateer Twp. South Carolina; Residence Place: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA; Registration Date: 3 Sep 1941; Registration Place: Sumter, South Carolina, USA; Employer: Unemployed have been Attending College.; Height: 5' 9 1/2"; Weight: 176; Complexion: Dark Brown; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Mrs Rena Smith Bowman Mother.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGP-FGKB : 9 September 2021), Leroy Bowman, ; Burial, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States of America, Walker Cemetery; citing record ID 125702589, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com

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• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K46J-RM9 : Sat Mar 09 12:10:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Benjamin Cantey and Rena Cantey, 1940.

Daughter's Social Security file names parents: "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K97-MCTB : 10 February 2023), Leroy Bowman in entry for Rennee Bowman, .