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DUANE CURTIS BOWEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordDuane Curtis Bowen, of Ramona, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ramona, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 6
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · May 28, 1969
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · May 28, 1969
- CALVIN EMANUEL COOPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
From Ramona
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · June 16, 1969
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · October 26, 1971
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.