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RICHARD LEE BOWERS
Major · U.S. Army
July 20, 1946 – March 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Bowers, of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 24, 1969, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 23
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake Mills, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 24, 1969
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 23
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · March 23, 1969
- DARRELL EUGENE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BAILEYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL FOSTERCorporal · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL EUGENE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 23
- GERASIMO ARROYO-BAEZSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 25
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 25
From Lake Mills
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
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.