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ROGER DALE BOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – August 15, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Bowman, of Ararat, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Ararat, Virginia (Patrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 17
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD CROWLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN ESSIGSergeant · August 15, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 17
- JAMES RONALD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 19
- WILLIAM NORMAND URSINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 20
- LEROY ALLEN WHITLOWCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 20
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.