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HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1944 – February 24, 1966
Service recordHarvey Lewis Bowen JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 70
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · Panel 5E, Line 71
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DELL MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 75
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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.