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RONALD LEON BOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1944 – August 23, 1966
Service recordRonald Leon Bowman, of Warrensburg, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- October 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 28
- PETER RUBEN BINGMANSergeant · August 23, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES RONALD BURDETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · August 23, 1966
From Warrensburg
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- TROY EDWARD HIRNI IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
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.