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WILLIS SHEPHERD BOWMAN JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1926 – July 25, 1966
Service recordWillis Shepherd Bowman JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Towed Artillery Systems Technician (2131)
- Born
- September 9, 1926
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 72
- RONALD ETHRIDGE TINSLEYCaptain · July 24, 1966
- RAYMOND L TRUDEAUCaptain · July 24, 1966
- CLIFTON BISHOP ANDREWSMajor · July 25, 1966
- DAN WILLIAM BEARGEONCorporal · July 25, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.