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ARTHUR BAILEY BOWMAN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1948 – September 10, 1968
Service recordArthur Bailey Bowman JR, of Mount Vernon, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 14
- JESSE LOUIS BARKLEYPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS MELVIN BINAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
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.
