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BRICKIE BOWMAN JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1947 – May 23, 1965
Service recordBrickie Bowman JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 123
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 123
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- TROY LEE WATERSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1965
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · May 23, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
From Saginaw
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD J LOISELLEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.