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RICHARD SAULERS BOWERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – March 1, 1971
Service recordRichard Saulers Bowers, of Pleasantville, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 13
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, Iowa (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 13
- ARNOLD RAY BENTONStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- PAUL VERNON BLACKWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 14
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Pleasantville
- IVYL RAY BENDERLance Corporal · February 6, 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.