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BRADLEY D BOWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – July 4, 1968
Service recordBradley D Bowers, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 7
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 7
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 13
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 14
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.