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STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – June 2, 1968
Service recordStephen Wesley Bowman, of Alta Loma, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Alta Loma, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 10
- HARRY JOSEPH BEADLE JRLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JAY Q BUCKWALTER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 9
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 17
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 18
From Alta Loma
- DENNIS FRANKLIN FISHERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · March 15, 1968
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.