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JAMES EDWARD BOWDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1948 – September 4, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Bowden, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 36
- RICHARD WILLIAM BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- WOLF-DIETER DIETZSpecialist Five · September 4, 1968
- ROBERTO ESCOBEDOPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 35
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 35
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 36
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 37
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 37
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 37
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 38
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 39
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.