HIs brother, John H Prowell Jr was a Tuskegee airman who is believed to have crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea in May of 1944. He continues to be listed as Missing in Action.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQT-SY3 : accessed 1 July 2020), William M Prowell in household of John Prowell, Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 10B, family 193, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,374,030.
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