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KEVEN WAYNE BOWDISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordKeven Wayne Bowdish, of Reedsport, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Reedsport, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 1
- NILON KAY BACONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- EDWARD EARL BEACHAMPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · May 26, 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.