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JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1940 – October 31, 1966
Service recordJohn Raymond Bowling SR, of Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 132
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- HENRY ARDPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- NATHANIEL BROWNStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- HOWARD CLANTONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
From Tazewell
- ROBERT LEE LAIRDStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1965
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- WILLIS LEONARD MCBRIDESergeant · October 9, 1967
- JAMES TIPTON ELSWICK JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK SAYERSSergeant · April 14, 1970
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.