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WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1936 – May 7, 1965
Service recordWilliam Thomas Bowman, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 111
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ROBERT AUSTIN STUBBERFIELDLieutenant Colonel · May 6, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
From Ironton
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1972
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.