Bunk work at a radio Station in Columbus, Lowndes Cty Ms before joining the service. He met and married Lesley Alison Biggs in Wellington, New Zealand during the war. He was the father to Ilona Cowart who was born after his death. He was mentioned in the book " Tarawa, The Story of a Battle" by Robert Sherrod. Mr. Sherrod later visited Bunk's wife and did a follow up in " Postscript To Tarawa for the Marine Corps publication, The Leatherneck, which appeared in Oct 1948 edition.
A memorial Plot I place at Mount Moriah in Pickens County, Alabama. Bunks body is buried at Tarawan Island.
Co. C, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
Bunk work at a radio Station in Columbus, Lowndes Cty Ms before joining the service. He met and married Lesley Alison Biggs in Wellington, New Zealand during the war. He was the father to Ilona Cowart who was born after his death. He was mentioned in the book " Tarawa, The Story of a Battle" by Robert Sherrod. Mr. Sherrod later visited Bunk's wife and did a follow up in " Postscript To Tarawa for the Marine Corps publication, The Leatherneck, which appeared in Oct 1948 edition.
A memorial Plot I place at Mount Moriah in Pickens County, Alabama. Bunks body is buried at Tarawan Island.
Co. C, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Family Members
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William Franklin "Bunk" Cowart
1922–1943
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Lester V Cowart
1924–1981
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Mary Laudice Cowart Perrigin
1927–2009
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Raymond Owen Cowart
1928–2014
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Lillie Lofton Cowart Peeks
1930–2016
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Rosa Deline "Deline" Cowart Brown
1932–2016
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Freddie Earl Cowart
1934–2017
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Edward Cowart
1940–2013
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John Thomas "Tommy" Cowart
1944–2019
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