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RICHARD ALAN BOWMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordRichard Alan Bowman, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 31
- DENNIS WAYNE VALUSEKSergeant · June 8, 1970
- GEORGE WAYNE BAKERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
- RICHARD THEODORE CARLSONCorporal · June 9, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE OLIVER WILKERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 36
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.