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CLARENCE BOWMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordClarence Bowman JR, of Austin, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Indiana (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 17
- ROBERT LEE BALLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- VERNON BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT BUTLER BUCHANANStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
From Austin
- BENJAMIN HARRISON INGALLSPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.