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Charles George Bowersmith

Private First Class Army Vietnam War

Army
Army
Private First Class
Private First Class
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private First Class
Unit
Light Weapons Infantry, Co A, 4th BN, 503rd INF, 173rd ABN BOE
Conflict / Era
Vietnam War
Years of Service
01/21/1966 – 11/06/1967
Date of Birth
04/09/1948
Date of Death
11/06/1967
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Paris Twp: Oakdale
Monument Paver
Yes — Section B
Overseas Service
Vietnam
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
South Vietnam
Status
Killed in Action
When
11/06/1967
Where
Military Region 2, Kontum, South Vietnam
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

Overseas service: Vietnam. Serial #15753878; Type of Casualty: Hostile -- died while MIA; Reason: gunshot or small arms fire; body recovered; age 19; NARA Ref. #8523; honored on Panel 29E, Row 27, of the Vietnam Wall; KIA 2017 Voice from the Stone Honoree

Source: National Archives; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Virtual Wall; no DD-214 recorded as of 09/20/2007 | Ancestry - Find A Grave,MJT news articles & obit