Kowallis, Charles A. (39906108)

Charles Abrams Kowallis
Personal details
Born	28 January 1913 Montpelier, Idaho, At
Died	2007 Salt Lake City, Utah
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39906108
Enlisted	Salt Lake City, Utah

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Charles Abrams Kowallis (28 January 1913 – 2007) was a Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie.

Biography

. Charles was born January 28, 1913 in Montpelier, Idaho, at the home of his father's sister. The Kowallis family lived on a dry farm in Arbon Valley (commonly called Bannock), Power County, Idaho, which his father homesteaded in 1910. When Charles was four years old, the family moved to Logan, Utah. Charles attended Logan City Schools; Ellis, Benson, and Logan High School. Charles also played football, tennis, was on the track team for three years and a Four-Letterman. During depression days, Charles worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps, as Company Clerk, and played on the basketball team for them. Case Implement Company and later, the Kowallis Implement and Hardware, working for his father. Following his father's death in 1940, Charles and his brother Wilford bought the business from their mother and formed a partnership. In January 1943, Charles was inducted into the army and sent to Atlantic City (Air Corps), then on to Camp Ritchie in Maryland, because of his German language. Six months later, in July, Charles was given a medical discharge. Until his retirement in 1978, Charles and his brother Wilford continuously ran the business they had bought from their mother in 1940. Charles Abrams Kowallis passed away Friday, January 26, 2007 at a nursing home in Salt Lake City, Ut. He was the third child in a family of eight children. During the winter months, his father would travel selling calendars to supplement his income from the farm. He enjoyed sports and for three years. He played in State Basketball making second All-State team the third year. He left for the German-Austrian LDS, Mission in November 1931, and ate Thanksgiving dinner on the boat. He was released July 1934. He was later employed by the J. The next year he married Nina Theo Green on May 6, 1941.

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	39906108
Nara Name	KOWALLIS CHARLES A
Nara State	96
Nara County	5
Nara POE	9689
Nara DOE	40143
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	92
Nativity.1	IDAHO
Nara Year of Birth	13
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	72
Nara Marital Status	2
Nara Height (inches)	72
Nara Weight (lbs)	181
row_source	demographics

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-28 (1 post)