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GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1950 – January 11, 1970
Service recordGrover Coleman Bowers JR, of Westville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Westville, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 24
- JOHN ALBERT ORDNERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1970
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- JAMES HENRY ZUMBRUNSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERLYN CARL BRUNSCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 25
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 27
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 27
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.