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GARY LEE BOWDLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Bowdler, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 53
- ROBERT CHARLES BENOIT JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE BISHOPCorporal · September 7, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 53
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 54
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 57
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 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.