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JOSEPH EDWARD BOWER
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 21, 1929 – August 3, 1965
Service recordJoseph Edward Bower, of Ely, Nevada, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TAC FTR SQ 6234 TAC FTR
- Born
- June 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 47
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- RANDALL EUGENE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
From Ely
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · February 10, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.