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JOHN WESTLEY BOWDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Westley Bowden, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 62W, Line 5
- LARRY WARREN BENDERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH BOYE JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- HAYDN EVANSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 13
- JEFF MULKEYCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 14
- JOSEPH MEREL THORNCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 18
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.