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JEROME EDWARD BOWERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – April 18, 1970
Service recordJerome Edward Bowers JR, of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgway, Pennsylvania (Elk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 20
- LEONARD WILLIAM BAUERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- KENNETH LELAND CROWSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · April 18, 1970
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD WILLIAM BAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 20
From Ridgway
- LARRY WAYNE GARDNERSergeant · January 21, 1967
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
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.