Winthrop S. Lowery

Winthrop Stanley Lowery was born in Salem, Massachusetts, July 6, 1895. He was the son of John William and Helen (Dodge) Lowery, and brother of Harold, John, Marion, and Ernest Lowery (who also died in the war). In 1917 he lived at 16 Concord St., Malden, and was employed as a driver at American Express, in Malden.
Lowery enlisted June 20, 1916, and served at the Mexican Border with Co. L, 5th Inf., Massachusetts National Guard, for a year as a private. He was sent overseas in September, 1917. He was promoted to Corporal August 21, 1917. March, 1918, he was transferred to Casual Co., 51st Arty. Brigade. Corp. Lowery died March 22, 1918, as a result of an accident, near Mirecourt.