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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Lloyd Bowman JR.

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DAVID LLOYD BOWMAN JR

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

February 6, 1947 – February 6, 1968

Service record

David Lloyd Bowman JR, of Anoka, Minnesota, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 6, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 37E · Line 51

Position of Panel 37E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
February 6, 1947
Home of record
Anoka, Minnesota (Anoka County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 6, 1968
Age
21
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 37E, Line 51

From Anoka

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.