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JOSEPH B BOWMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1944 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJoseph B Bowman, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 21
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 21
- THOMAS JOHN BLAHAPrivate · February 8, 1968
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD C BRIGGSCorporal · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BARBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 20
- DOUGLASS J DENNISSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 25
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 32
- JAMES RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 35
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE KAY TUTTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.