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LARRY HUTTON BOWERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – December 8, 1967
Service recordLarry Hutton Bowers, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 63
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- MARK JAMES CULLENPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD LESTER DENNISSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · Panel 31E, Line 64
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 64
- LARRY JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.