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JACK ALLEN BOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1949 – November 17, 1968
Service recordJack Allen Bowman, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 77
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- 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
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 77
- RONALD ALBERT YANCHARLance Corporal · November 16, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- PHILLIP RUSSELL ANDERSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- PAUL DAVID DERBYCaptain · November 17, 1968
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.