World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Robert T. Owen, Sr.
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Robert T. Owen
Relationship
Son
Fireman on the Southern Railroad. He was killed in a train wreck September 4, 1944 at Avenstoke, Kentucky. This wreck has been blamed on the high use and shortage of materials of wartime exigencies. Locomotive broke a drive rod part that was poorly repaired and derailed. He had a strategic exemption, but was in the National Guard and expected to be drafted eventually. He was killed during but not in WWII, because of the war.