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THEOPHILUS BOWLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – March 14, 1969
Service recordTheophilus Bowles, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 35
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEYSergeant · March 14, 1969
- SAMUEL HOPE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- LEON EDWARD BARNARDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN BATER HOSE JRSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 37
- JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 39
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.