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Harold Eugene “Spank” Owens

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Harold Eugene “Spank” Owens Veteran

Birth
Romney, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
5 May 2011 (aged 91)
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Main Chapel (exterior courtyard), West Wing, Level 4, Crypt 411-D
Memorial ID
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Harold E. "Spank" Owens, 91, was a son of Irvin G. "Buster" and Mary Ann Fifer Owens. On Feb. 7, 1942, he married Helen L. Miller in St. Louis. She died July 29, 2002.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the 8th Army Air Corps 487th Bomb Group H 838th Squadron from Sept. 30, 1942, to Oct. 15, 1945. He was a tail gunner on a bomber. While flying over Germany, his plane took a direct hit, and he was the lone survivor. One of the last remaining former German POWs interrogated by the Gestapo, he participated in a 600-mile march in the middle of winter. He escaped from the POW camp and was helped by the French Underground to evade Germans.
Harold E. "Spank" Owens, 91, was a son of Irvin G. "Buster" and Mary Ann Fifer Owens. On Feb. 7, 1942, he married Helen L. Miller in St. Louis. She died July 29, 2002.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the 8th Army Air Corps 487th Bomb Group H 838th Squadron from Sept. 30, 1942, to Oct. 15, 1945. He was a tail gunner on a bomber. While flying over Germany, his plane took a direct hit, and he was the lone survivor. One of the last remaining former German POWs interrogated by the Gestapo, he participated in a 600-mile march in the middle of winter. He escaped from the POW camp and was helped by the French Underground to evade Germans.


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  • Created by: RWCNAC
  • Added: May 8, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69493496/harold_eugene-owens: accessed ), memorial page for Harold Eugene “Spank” Owens (1 Aug 1919–5 May 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69493496, citing Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by RWCNAC (contributor 46739623).