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BRUCE GREGORY BOWLES
Captain · U.S. Army
July 2, 1941 – January 15, 1969
Service recordBruce Gregory Bowles, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 4
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 4
- SCOTT JAY BAILEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN BAKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- JOSE RAMON CANOSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEANE ARTHUR TAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 11
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 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.