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RICKY LYNN BOWDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – February 10, 1970
Service recordRicky Lynn Bowden, of Pottsville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 119
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Reciprocating Engine Repairman (68C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Pottsville, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 119
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · February 10, 1970
- TOMMY LEE BARNESSergeant · February 10, 1970
- ROBERT GODWIN BROWNELieutenant (junior grade) · February 10, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · Panel 14W, Line 119
- BOBBY GENE FROSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14W, Line 120
- JOHN MAYNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 122
- RAYMOND GENE MILESSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 122
- DUANE LAWRENCE RICHARDSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 123
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.