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FRANK JOSEPH BOWLES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1943 – July 9, 1967
Service recordFrank Joseph Bowles, of Bassett, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Bassett, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 38
- PERRY KINARD JONESLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- DONALD J REYNOLDSCaptain · July 8, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- CLIFFORD GARLAND BURCHPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
From Bassett
- LINWOOD DWIGHT MARTINSergeant First Class · March 22, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- GORDON ELLIOTT STONEMajor · May 21, 1972
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.