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LARRY WILLIAM BOWEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1948 – November 9, 1968
Service recordLarry William Bowen, of Cupertino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 39
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS VOLZPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- RICHARD COURTNEY WALLACELieutenant (junior grade) · November 8, 1968
- GARY JOHN ALLENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 41
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
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.