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JOHN BOWEN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1929 – September 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Bowen JR, of Holden, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Holden, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 80
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
- BENJAMIN VICTOR DOMANSergeant · September 21, 1970
- GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPISpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM JESSE HODGES SRCaptain · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Holden
- LESTER EUGENE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
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.