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DONALD ROBERT BOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDonald Robert Bowman, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 21
- THOMAS JOHN BLAHAPrivate · February 8, 1968
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JOSEPH B BOWMANSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD C BRIGGSCorporal · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 23
- DONNIE RAY MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
- ALLEN LAWRENCE MUMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · October 12, 1967
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 1968
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 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.