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ROBERT EARL BOWMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Earl Bowman, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 35
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 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 35
- SAMUEL WAYNE BELLStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE STEVEN BOYCEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE ALMEIDA JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 34
- NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 37
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.