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RICHARD ALAN BOWERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Bowers, of Long Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT RANDOLPH BEANNERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BEATYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- RICK WILLIAM BEZEAUPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 31
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 7
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.