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JIMMY CHARLES BOWER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordJimmy Charles Bower, of Antioch, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Antioch, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 81
- GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWNPrivate · January 13, 1969
- JAMES DANIEL CRESSEY JRLance Corporal · January 13, 1969
- PATRICK THOMAS DEMARCOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- HARRY JAMES DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
From Antioch
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- HARRY CORNELIUS VANDERKLOOTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES HAWKSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
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.