Bowlby, Wilbur Eugene
Navy Fire Controlman 3rd class
Wilbur Eugene Bowlby, age 20, from Clallam County Clallam Bay, Washington .
Parents: William H. Bowlby
Service era: World War II
Schools: High school in Clallam Bay graduate
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Peninsula Daily News (1942)