Raymond J. Bowman

Raymond J. Bowman

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Raymond J. Bowman was a soldier in the United States Army whose death on April 18, 1945, just two weeks before the end of World War II in Europe, was famously captured in a photograph by war photographer Robert Capa, marking him as the last American soldier to die in the conflict.

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Raymond J. Bowman was a US soldier who died in Leipzig shortly before the end of World War II.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung·GermanyGermany· 2025-05-16
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Raymond J. Bowman was killed by a German bullet in Leipzig shortly before the end of World War II.

Historie: Leipzig, April 1945: Robert Capa und sein Foto "The Last Man to Die" - Gesellschaft
Süddeutsche Zeitung·GermanyGermany· 2025-04-26
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Raymond J. Bowman was the last man to die at the end of World War II in Europe.

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Monaco-Matin – newspaper covering the Principality of Monaco·MonacoMonaco· 2025-04-19
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