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HARRY THOMAS BOWMAN II
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 31, 1945 – May 9, 1968
Service recordHarry Thomas Bowman II, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodbridge, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 14
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE J BEDROSSIANCaptain · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS BOYERPrivate First Class · May 9, 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.