Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I tono ia mo nga paratroopers, tetahi waahanga o nga ope rererangi rererangi o te US Army, a ka tohaina ki te Kamupene 'C' o te 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), tetahi waahanga o te 82nd "All American" Airborne Division, i whakahaua e te Brigadier General James M. Gavin. I te 21 o Hepetema, 1944, i te wā o Operation "Market Garden"
, tata ki te kainga o Oosterhout (Overbetuwe) i te Netherlands i te wa o te mahi, i whakaeke a Towle i tetahi ope Tiamana me tana kaikawe rokiroki i te ngana ki te whakakore i nga taakahi hoariri e rua me te haurua. I mate ia i te pakanga. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Medal of Honor i muri i te ono marama i muri mai, i te Poutu-te-rangi 15, 1945, ko ia te mema tuatahi o te 82nd Airborne Division i whakawhiwhia ki te mētara i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.