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DAVID WINSLOW BOWMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 16, 1937 – April 6, 1965
Service recordDavid Winslow Bowman, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 101
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 101
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- CLARENCE LLOYD JONESSpecialist Four · April 6, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
From Gloucester
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
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.