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DONALD BOWEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1948 – January 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Bowen, of Middle Village, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Middle Village, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 74
- JOSEPH WAYNE BENEDICTLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL BURGOONLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
From Middle Village
- KENNETH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
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.