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GROVER CLEVELAND BOWEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordGrover Cleveland Bowen, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 69
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1969
- FLOYD SAMUEL ATOLESergeant · February 21, 1969
- ALLAN BROOKS CALLAWAYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1969
- RANDALL MARK CARLTONPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 70
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 72
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · Panel 32W, Line 73
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 73
- EVERETT NELSON WILSHERSpecialist Five · Panel 32W, Line 74
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.