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HARRY OWEN BOWLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1953 – October 17, 1971
Service recordHarry Owen Bowles, of Downs, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 13, 1953
- Home of record
- Downs, Kansas (Osborne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 40
- JOHN COOK HAYESPrivate First Class · October 16, 1971
- LARRY FLOYD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 16, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · October 17, 1971
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
- ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCKFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROBERT HOUSERSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 41
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.