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FRANK BOWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordFrank Bowens, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 62
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 62
- RODNEY GLEN WOODSpecialist Five · June 17, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL ALLENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JOHNNY CHARLES BRISENOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · June 18, 1970
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.