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JAMES ERNEST BOWMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1944 – June 29, 1969
Service recordJames Ernest Bowman, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 30
- RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZSpecialist Five · June 28, 1969
- RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BATTLESSergeant First Class · June 29, 1969
From Ironton
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 7, 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.