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JESSE CARL BOWMAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 17, 1938 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJesse Carl Bowman, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 43
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
- OWEN DAVIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD BUSCHMANNMajor · March 26, 1969
- EDDY RAY CASEYPrivate · March 26, 1969
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.