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BYRON BILL BOWDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordByron Bill Bowden, of Arcata, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 25
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 25
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- PETER SAMUEL BORSAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LOUIS MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 29
- DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 30
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 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.