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JAMES RONALD BOWDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Bowden, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 31
- WILLIAM ROGER BROOKSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1968
- FRANKIE NATHANIEL CARTERPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · May 4, 1968
- ROLLIN DUANE DAVISSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKIE NATHANIEL CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 31
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.