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SHELDON DON BOWLER
Private · U.S. Army
February 9, 1941 – November 22, 1967
Service recordSheldon Don Bowler, of Murray, Utah, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 61
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- February 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 61
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JEROME PAUL WEBERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
From Murray
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 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.