Halstead C. Fowler

Halstead Clotworthy Fowler (19 April 18897 September 1950) was a colonel in the United States Army. He commanded the 71st Field Artillery during the Philippines campaign (1941–1942) and was multiply decorated. He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March and prisoner of war.

Early life Halstead Fowler was born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to Halstead Parker Fowler and Carrie Haines Fowler. Fowler's unit fought a delaying action after the Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf and retreated south to the Bataan peninsula. For his actions at the Agno River, Luzon in December 1941 and northern Bataan in January 1942, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice.

Prisoner of war Fowler survived the Bataan Death March and was held prisoner at the Bilibid prisoner of war camp. He never fully recovered from his wounds and loss of eyesight during captivity and retired as a colonel on 30 September 1946. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on 11 September 1950.