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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 23, 1944, page 1

KILLED IN ACTION ON ITALIAN FRONT

Word was received here Wednesday that Private Charles E. Lower, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Lower, of White Salmon, was killed in action in Italy on June 4. Private Lower has been on the Italian fighting front for several months.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 30, 1944, page 1

PARENTS NOTIFIED SON KILLED ON ITALIAN FRONT

Mrs. Annice R. Lower, of White Salmon, received the following telegram Wednesday of last week:
"The secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Private First Class Charles E. Lower, was killed in action on June 4 in Italy. Letter follows. Signed Adjutant General."
Pfc. Lower with the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lower and went overseas about three months after being called into the army. He saw much action in the first part of the Italian campaign.
The Enterprise joins in extending its sympathy to the parents in the loss of their son, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., July 23, 1948, page 1

FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR RETURNED SOLDIER

Services for Charles Edwin Lower PFC, U.S. Army, will be held Monday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. at Gardner's Funeral Home in White Salmon. His body will arrive here Saturday, where it was shipped from Italy by the United States government. Full military honors will be rendered by Evergreen Post 3098, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Charles Edwin Lower was born January 8, 1919, at Miles City, Montana, the only child of Edwin S. and Annie R. Lower. He attended school at Moon Creek and high school at Miles City, later worked on a ranch near there. In 1935, drouth and grasshoppers forced his parents to come west, settling at Rainier, Wash. After two years at Rainier the family moved to BZ Corners, where they have since made their home.
Inducted into the service February 22, 1943, Charles Edwin Lower entered the Army at Ft. Lewis, Wash. From there he was shipped to Ft. McClellan, Ala. for his basic training and then to North Africa for further training. September 3, 1943, found him in the invasion of Italy and from then on was at the front until killed in the battle for Rome nine months later.
Charles Edwin Lower served with Company E., 2nd Battallion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, with the rating of Private First Class. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Lower, and an uncle, Charles L. Carr of Olympia, Wn.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., July 30, 1948, page 1

CHARLES EDWIN LOWER

Funeral services were held Monday for PFC. Charles Edwin Lower, U.S. Army, who was killed in action in 1944 during the battle for Rome. Final rites were at Gardner's Funeral Home and burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Committal service and military honors were given by members of Evergreen Post No. 3098, Veterans of Foreign Wars, with members of American Legion Post No. 87 in attendance.
PFC Lower was born January 8, 1919, in Miles City, Montana. He moved with his parents to Washington state in 1936, settling eventually near White Salmon. He was inducted into the army in February, 1943, and received his basic training at Ft. Mcclellan, Ala.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Lower and an uncle, Chas. Carr of Olympia.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., May 24, 1945, page 1

MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD HERE
Thomas D. Potwin, Editor Of Yakima Herald, Will Speak At Morning Program At 10:30 In High School Auditorium

Memorial services will be held in Goldendale Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the high school auditorium. As in the past, the program and services are in charge of Louis Leidl Post No. 116, American Legion. Thomas D. Potwin, editor of the Yakima Herald will deliver the message at the high school. Potwin is said to be an able speaker, and the largest crowd ever to attend Memorial services is expected to turn out to hear the Yakima editor.
Following the program at the high school, members of the Legion will hold a brief ceremony at the graves of veterans of both World War I and II. A firing squad will fire a salute in recognition of their departed comrades.
E.C. Kaiser, commander of the American Legion, invites and urges all residents to join in the services, which will pay tribute to the men who have lost their lives in both wars.
Following is a list of men from this county who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II: E.C. Allison, Wm. Becker, Fred Berrong, Marion Bolio, Homer Bilyeu, Jim Brashear, Robert Brown, Chas. Byrkett, David Cochran, Paul Cochran, John Dickey, Francis Ford, Alvin Ganguin, Don Heuton, John Hunsaker, Robert Hutchins, Harry Jones, Harold Lehman, Philip Lynch, Chas. Lowers, Dan Roe, Oren Sanders, George Shurtz, Harry Smith, Marion Scheel, Eugene White, Thomas Tradewell, Jim Trowbridge, Edward Thege and David Woodruff.