William Charles Bowser, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Charles Bowser
US Coadt Guard officer
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1915
Date of Death: 28-Jun-2006
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William Charles Bowser
- William "Bill" Charles Bowser (June 25, 1915–June 28, 2006) served as a member of the all-black Pea Island Life-Saving Station along the Outer Banks of North Carolina from 1935 to 1938.
- He was one of the last surviving members of the Pea Island Station that was decommissioned after World War II.
- Bowser received the U.S.
- Coast Guard Gold Lifesaving Medal in March 1996 at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- on behalf of the crew of the historic 1896 rescue of nine persons from the schooner E.S.
- Newman.
- Authors David Wright and David Zoby co-wrote the history of the Pea Island Station in the book titled "Fire on the Beach".
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