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HOWARD JAMES BOWER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1952 – April 3, 1971
Service recordHoward James Bower JR, of River Rouge, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 13, 1952
- Home of record
- River Rouge, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 102
- GARY GENE ZELLERCorporal · April 2, 1971
- ARTHUR BESTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- RONALD RAY BLACKSMITHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1971
- WAYNE ROY BOROWSKICorporal · April 3, 1971
From River Rouge
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- KENNETH ALLEN ROELance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN BLOMFELTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RANDELL BLAKE LITTLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
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.