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HAROLD E BOWMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – July 16, 1968
Service recordHarold E Bowman, of Weleetka, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Weleetka, Oklahoma (Okfuskee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 38
- GARY WAYNE BALLSpecialist Four · July 16, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY BANKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 38
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 39
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 40
- RAYMOND EARL WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 40
From Weleetka
- JOHN LEE INGRAMPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- LIONEL EUGENE PARSONSCaptain · November 12, 1969
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.