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ROBERT WAYNE BOWMAN
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – March 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Wayne Bowman, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 43
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Greencastle, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 43
- WESLEY BEAVERSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1969
From Greencastle
- OMAR DAVID WITMER JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · October 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RANDY TRUMAN KENDLEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.