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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Wayne Bowers.

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STEVEN WAYNE BOWERS

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 5, 1946 – July 27, 1967

Service record

Steven Wayne Bowers, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 5

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 2 BN 34 ARMOR 25 INF DIV
Born
November 5, 1946
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 27, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 5

From New York

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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.