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JOSEPH PERRY BOWLING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1944 – February 11, 1968
Service recordJoseph Perry Bowling, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 75
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín 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 75
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- STEPHAN LEROY BECHTELPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 75
- ADALBERTO CACERESSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 76
- DONALD REGINALD COLSONSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 76
- GEORGE ELOY TAFOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 82
- JAMES E TINSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
- GARRY FRANCIS VICKERYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
- FLOYD VOYLESPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 1
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.