William Marsh Bower (February 13, 1917 – January 10, 2011) was an American aviator, U.S. Air Force Colonel and veteran of World War II.

[2] In June 1942, Bower and twenty-two other participants in the Doolittle Raid received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a reception held at the White House.

"[1] Bower married his wife, Lorraine (nee) Amman, in the lobby of the Lady Lafayette Hotel in Walterboro, South Carolina, on August 18, 1942.

Bower remained in the U.S. Army Air Forces throughout World War II, achieving the rank of colonel.

[1][2][3] He became an accident investigator following the end of World War II and transferred to the newly established U.S. Air Force in 1947.

[1] He lived in south Boulder, in the upper Table Mesa neighborhood, until his death on January 10, 2011, at the age of 93, after [1] suffering from complications from a fall in June 2009.

The Colonel William Marsh Bower Center opened in the Portage County Regional Airport in Shalersville Township, north of Ravenna, in June 2013.