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CARLYLE MILLER BOWDEN III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1949 – April 16, 1969
Service recordCarlyle Miller Bowden III, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Worker (1316)
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 93
- WILLIAM OMER BURKETTCaptain · April 16, 1969
- WAYNE EUGENE BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- KARL HOWARD CULPLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD FINANLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.