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BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1945 – April 17, 1967
Service recordBruce Elliot Bowers, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 39
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND CARLTON JRMajor · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELANDPrivate · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
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.