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BERNARD ALLEN SOWDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – January 4, 1970
Service recordBernard Allen Sowder, of Potter, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Potter, Texas (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 126
- PETER PULASKI JRCorporal · January 4, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH SNEE JRCorporal · January 4, 1970
- JAMES SIDNEY VANCECorporal · January 4, 1970
- WILLIAM SAMUEL WADDLESergeant First Class · January 4, 1970
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.