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REGINALD ALONZO BOWMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordReginald Alonzo Bowman, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 24
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- GHERALD EDWARD BLALOCKPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER BRYANTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BURKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 23
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 1
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 3
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 7
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.