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BILLY ROY BOWEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordBilly Roy Bowen, of Bonham, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 18
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
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Bonham, Texas (Fannin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 18
- JAMES PATRICK ACHTERHOFFLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BOZEMANPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES CASEYSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
From Bonham
- BOBBY WAYNE CORZINECorporal · January 21, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · December 13, 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.