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JAMES EDGAR BOWMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 28, 1933 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJames Edgar Bowman, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 3
- ANTHONY RODNEY BELLAMYMajor · May 5, 1968
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · May 5, 1968
From Jonesboro
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
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.