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TOMMY BOWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – November 22, 1970
Service recordTommy Bowens, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 76
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 76
- JIMMY RAY CALLISONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- JOHN ROCCO MUCCICorporal · November 21, 1970
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- JEFFREY ALAN COFFINWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRENT ALLAN HAYTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
- MATEO JUAREZSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 77
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.