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BRUCE ALLEN BOWMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – March 8, 1971
Service recordBruce Allen Bowman, of Thornton, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Thornton, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 32
- THOMAS VALERIOSergeant · March 7, 1971
- JAMES LAWRENCE WIELERSergeant · March 7, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE GRANTHAMSergeant · March 8, 1971
- JOHN DOUGLAS HALEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARC JEFFERY MEEKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 33
From Thornton
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · January 22, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1971
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.