Walter H. Bowker

  Walter Howard Bowker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1888. He was a son of Watson T. Bowker, who died the same year Walter was born, and Ella Bertha (Manning) Bowker, who later married Charles B. Sproul. Bowker was a caterer and lived and was employed in New York.
  Bowker enlisted September 28, 1917. He was sent overseas May 1, 1918. He died October 8, 1918, killed in action at Hill 223, Châtel-Chéhéry. He was cited "for great coolness and fidelity in the performance of his duties while advancing on Hill 223 with his company during the Meuse-Argonne offensive."