From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
September 1, 1943
Active Duty Exit
January 20, 1946
Exit Rank
Tech 4 - 9 WAC Hospital Company
Notes
Sallie Mae Bowman was born in Sadieville, KY, the daughter of Carrie Cutwright and William Bowman. The family is enumerated in the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses. In the 1940 U.S. Census, Sallie M. Bowman was living with her cousin Harrison Hurley and his wife Elizabeth. She enlisted in the Army in 1943 in Cincinnati, OH, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. Sallie Mae Bowman died in Georgetown, KY and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
*This particular Sallie Mae Bowman was NOT the wife of Llewellyn Smith Bowman, as stated at Find A Grave.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; Sallie Mae Bowman at Find A Grave; U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans in Ancestry; and "Miss Sallie Mae Bowman," The Lexington Leader, 5/5/1969, p. 16.
*This particular Sallie Mae Bowman was NOT the wife of Llewellyn Smith Bowman, as stated at Find A Grave.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; Sallie Mae Bowman at Find A Grave; U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans in Ancestry; and "Miss Sallie Mae Bowman," The Lexington Leader, 5/5/1969, p. 16.
Kentucky County & Region
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Kentucky Place (Town or City)
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Outside Kentucky Place Name
Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Lexington leader (newspaper) |
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Bowman, Sallie Mae,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed September 22, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/300004461.
Last modified: 2023-05-12 16:13:34