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JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Bowman, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; ten of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE BLALACKCorporal · October 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE CASSELPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- GARRY WAYNE CATRONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 61
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 63
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 40W, Line 63
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 64
- PATRICK BEVERLY EPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 64
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
- ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.