Eric Thorwald ROWND5,1,2,3,4,6,5

also known as Erik ROWND

7th Jul 19041,2,3,4,5 - Sep 19653,1,7

between 1904 and 1942	Resident in Prairie Township, Arkansas, Arkansas.5,4
7th Jul 1904	Born in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5
15th Sep 1942	Military in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.4
1962	Residence2 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.7
Sep 1965	Died in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.3,1,7

Eric's draft registration for WWII has the following information:

Eric T Rownd, current residence Arkansas County, Arkansas; b 7 July 1904, Arkansas County, Arkansas; single; has 4 years of high school; Musician, oboe; Occupation Automobile Parts Clerk; enlistment 15 Sep 1942 Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sue Rownd provided Eric's middle name. She comments that it also, like Eric/Erik, sounds Scandinavian. It is not known where the name came from. She also informs us that Eric, as well as his brother Frank,never married.

1. Gravestone of Eric T Rownd, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
2. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page 4A, Hse/Fam #54
3. Social Security Death Index
4. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
5. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 2 February, Prairie Township, District 16, page 6A, Hse #109, Fam #113
6. Sue Rogers Rownd, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, October 2007
7. RootsWeb -- Descendants of William Rownd
- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wmrowndmariner&id=I22