PVT Percy Lee Dowell was born 12 Mar 1895 in Barboursville, Virginia to Reuben Paschal and Martha Ann (Wilkerson) Dowell. His father worked for the railroad.
After entering the service, Percy was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry. PVT Dowell died of wounds on 24 Oct 1918.
PVT Dowell is buried in the Reuben P. Dowell Family Cemetery in Gilbert, Virginia.
Percy was 1st cousin 1x removed of a later commander, MG Gilbert Jackson Sullivan. Their common grandfather, Ezekial Dowell, served as a PVT in E Company 19th Virginia Infantry (CSA) in the Civil War.
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