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DAVID BICKNEL BOWLING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1945 – December 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Bicknel Bowling, of La Plata, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- La Plata, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 93
- GENE THOMAS WRIGHTMajor · December 19, 1969
- ROGER RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · December 26, 1969
- TERRY BROOKS DYERCorporal · December 26, 1969
- RICKY MAURICE GLASPEYPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- GLYNN BYRON HOLLEYAirman First Class · December 26, 1969
From La Plata
- FRANCIS DESALES WILLSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT STEPHEN SHEGOGUECorporal · July 18, 1969
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 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.