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ARCHIE SHERROD BOWEN
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
January 18, 1942 – August 30, 1963
Service recordArchie Sherrod Bowen, of Avon Park, Florida, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 30, 1963, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1963
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1963; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 27
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- EDWARD BERNARD CRIBBCaptain · August 26, 1963
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
From Avon Park
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE BATTSCorporal · September 2, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.