Fred M. Rowe

Fred M. Rowe
Personal details
Birth name	Rosenstock Frederick Martin Rowe
Born	18 January 1925 Mannheim, Germany
Died	11 January 2022
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0555181
Rank	Captain
Unit / division	28th Infantry Division
Team	MII 438-G

Teammates

Team — MII 438-G

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Fred M. Rowe (18 January 1925 – 11 January 2022), born Rosenstock, was a Mannheim-born Ritchie Boy who interrogated for the 28th Infantry Division in the Bulge and later practiced antitrust law in Washington.

Biography

Fred M. Rowe, born Frederick Martin Rosenstock on 18 January 1925 in Mannheim, Germany, emigrated to New York with his parents and younger brother in 1936. Drafted in 1943 at age 18, he studied Hindustani at a University of Pennsylvania language center, then trained at Camp Ritchie and received a second lieutenant’s commission.

Shipped to England and France, he was in Paris about a month after liberation and later served with the 28th Infantry Division as a military-intelligence interrogator in Germany and Belgium. At the start of the Battle of the Bulge his team was nearly overrun while screening civilians and withdrew toward Bastogne. He later ran an internment camp at Ludwigsburg as a senior counterintelligence officer, remaining an extra year, and was discharged a captain, returning to New York in 1947 with his German-born wife.

On the GI Bill he finished first in his class at City College of New York and at Yale Law School, clerked for Judge William Clark, and became managing partner of Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, arguing antitrust cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Rowes moved to Santa Fe in 1987. He died on 11 January 2022 at age 96.

Research notes

• Also 32962708 Pfc
• Also held enlisted ASN 32962708 as PFC (imported roster note).
• Santa Fe New Mexican profile (12 June 2005) is the principal wartime narrative; Legacy obituaries confirm 2022 death.

Technical record

Field	Imported value
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• 18 January 1925 — Born in Mannheim, Germany (Rosenstock).
• 1936 — Emigrated to New York with parents and younger brother.
• 1943 — Drafted; University of Pennsylvania language center (Hindustani); Camp Ritchie; commissioned 2LT.
• 1944 — England and France; Paris after liberation; 28th Infantry Division interrogator, Germany/Belgium.
• December 1944 — Nearly overrun at opening of Battle of the Bulge; withdrew toward Bastogne.
• Post-Bulge — Internment camp, Ludwigsburg; senior counterintelligence; discharged captain; returned New York 1947.
• Postwar — CCNY and Yale Law (first in class); Kirkland & Ellis; Santa Fe from 1987.
• 11 January 2022 — Died, age 96.

Sources

• Legacy — Frederick Rowe obituary
• Legacy — Fred Rowe obituary
• Santa Fe New Mexican, 12 June 2005 — Fred Rowe wartime profile (RB Archive ProQuest PDF; private copy, not uploaded)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• 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 2022-11-30 (1 post)