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JOHN LEWIS BOWEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1950 – June 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Lewis Bowen, of Monterey, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Monterey, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 17
- ROBERT CHARLES CAMERONSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- JACKIE COOTSSergeant · June 26, 1969
- GUILLERMO DAVILA JRLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES CAMERONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 17
From Monterey
- ROBERT C L FERGUSSONFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY J UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · March 29, 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.