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FRANK BOWMAN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 15, 1935 – June 16, 1968
Service recordFrank Bowman, of Walterboro, South Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 16, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT DANANG
- Born
- July 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Walterboro, South Carolina (Colleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 1
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- THEODORE CHARLES BONDLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
From Walterboro
- LEONARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · March 12, 1969
- BEN WILLIAMSMaster Sergeant · May 31, 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.