Earl William Fowler
Private First-Class
Pfc. Earl William Fowler (Harrodsburg Tankers Survivor, WW II) BIRTH 1 JAN 1917 • Thompsonville, Washington County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 14 APR 2007 • Died at Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky; Buried at Willisburg Cemetery Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, USAHighest Grade Completed; Elementary school, 8th grade. Occupation; Laborer. (He was married with 1 daughter.)
-- ReferenceEarl William Fowler
BIRTH, 1 Jan 1917, Thompsonville, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH, 14 Apr 2007 (aged 90), Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL, Willisburg Cemetery, Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID, 128050285
Born in Thompsonville, Washington County, he was the son of the late Richard Clifton
and Myrtle Moore Fowler, and the widower of Ethel Viola Sharp Fowler.
He was a member of the Christian Church. A veteran of World War ll. He was a prisoner
of war and received a Purple Heart.
Survivors include: one daughter, Shirley Ann Middleton of Bradfordsville; two brothers,
Harold B. and Garnet Fowler both of Harrodsburg; two grandchildren and one greatgrandson.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Laverne Flower.
Services were held Tuesday, April 17 at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel with James Harley
officiating. Burial with military rites was in Willisburg Cemetery.
Earl William Fowler
BIRTH, 1 Jan 1917, Thompsonville, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH, 14 Apr 2007 (aged 90), Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL, Willisburg Cemetery, Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID, 128050285
Private First-Class Earl William Fowler enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit
some time before the unit was federalized in November 1940. He was taken prisoner
when Corregidor fell on 6 May 1942 and was held at Cabanatuan and Bilibid Prison. He
was put aboard a ship and sent to Korea and then Manchuria and the Shenyang SubCamp. He was liberated in September 1945 by the Russians.
He died on 14 April
2007.
