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JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1937 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJoseph George Bowman JR, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- January 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 96
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER TARVER BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- RONALD BRETT CASSELLLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 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.