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LLOYD LANE BOWLES
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 11, 1939 – June 1, 1970
Service recordLloyd Lane Bowles, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 129
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 129
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 1970
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · June 1, 1970
- DOUGLAS JACK DAANEPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1970
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
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.