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HAROLD DAVID BOWLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1950 – November 20, 1971
Service recordHarold David Bowlen, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 69
- CHARLES ARTHUR POPPLETONSpecialist Four · November 18, 1971
- WARREN KENNETH WOLFFPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
- RICHARD ROSS LANGECorporal · November 19, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 71
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.