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JAMES E BOWERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1930 – August 18, 1966
Service recordJames E Bowers, of Bristol, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Communications Chief (31H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- March 31, 1930
- Home of record
- Bristol, Virginia (Bristol (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 16
- HERBERT STERLING MURFFMaster Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- FREDDIE KEMPPrivate · August 17, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
From Bristol
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID BUCHANANPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYON FARMER IILance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- CHARLES C BUCHANANCorporal · August 28, 1969
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
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.