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DANNY WARD BOWERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1951 – May 27, 1970
Service recordDanny Ward Bowers, of Caro, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 107
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Caro, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 107
- JOHN ALBION WHEATLEYCorporal · May 26, 1970
- CURTIS WHITTEDCorporal · May 26, 1970
- FRANKLIN JOE WILLISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOHN COMBSSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 108
From Caro
- MICHAEL GORDON HOFFAirman First Class · November 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- DEAN ELLSWORTH HALLSpecialist Four · December 28, 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.