WWI · Battle Death Record
Freddie Stowers
Corporal, U.S. Army · South Carolina
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Freddie Stowers
- Entered the Service From
- South Carolina
- Rank
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- September 28, 1918
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
- Grave
- Plot F, Row 36, Grave 40
Their story
Led his squad through murderous fire on Hill 188 in the Champagne sector and was mortally wounded. His long-delayed Medal of Honor was presented in 1991 — the only one awarded to a Black American for service in the First World War.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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