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REX ALLAN BOWYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – February 1, 1968
Service recordRex Allan Bowyer, of Richwood, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 46
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Richwood, West Virginia (Nicholas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 46
- ELYVIN LAVERNE BROWNPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS BROWNPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 46
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 48
- PHILIP MICHAEL GERMAINSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 49
- JAMES EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 50
- JOSEPH PHILLIP HOLLANDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 51
- GENE LUTHER KEAHIPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 53
- NORTON ZIGMUND KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 53
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 55
- JAMES ARTHUR MELTON JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 56
- EUGENE VERNON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 62
- LARRY ELDON WITTLERPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 63
From Richwood
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · January 25, 1967
- RONNIE LEE HENSLEYChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 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.