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LESTER ELWOOD BOWMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordLester Elwood Bowman JR, of Lykens, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lykens, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 29
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- EDWARD ARLO WILLINGGunnery Sergeant · July 21, 1968
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOHN KRUSSOWPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- MYRON JEROME POOCKCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 35
- LUTHER JULIAN ROSS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 36
From Lykens
- TERRY GORDON STRAUBSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- LEWIS WILLIAM SIGELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
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.