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JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1943 – March 7, 1970
Service recordJames Richard Bowers JR, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 91
- GLENN FREDERICK AUSTINCorporal · March 7, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 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.