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DONALD IRA BOWERS
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
July 4, 1942 – June 16, 1966
Service recordDonald Ira Bowers, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 51
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 Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 51
- GEORGE DAVID BIRDSELLSergeant First Class · June 16, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOODSELLMajor · June 16, 1966
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 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.