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BARRY ALAN BOWMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 31, 1949 – October 17, 1971
Service recordBarry Alan Bowman, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 40
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 40
- JOHN COOK HAYESPrivate First Class · October 16, 1971
- LARRY FLOYD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 16, 1971
- HARRY OWEN BOWLESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
- ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCKFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 40
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 41
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 41
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 41
- ROBERT MITCHELL WEBB JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 42
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.