William James Bowers

Specialist Four
A CO, 1ST BN, 502ND INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
11 September 1947 - 08 March 1968
Koppel, Pennsylvania
Panel 43E Line 052

101 ABN DIV 502ND INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for William James Bowers

03 Jun 2005

I can still hear your voice and that wonderful laugh you have, for in my heart you are still with me.

My memories of you are strong and I will not allow them to fade, for every time I think of you renews them.

You were then and will always be my hero.

I love you and miss you.

From a cousin,
Dorothy L. Frank
dfrank@stjoelive.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 08 March 1968 eleven men from the 101st Airborne Division were killed in an action at Ap Dong Lang, about six miles northwest of Hue City:
  • A Co, 1st Bn, 501st Infantry:
    • SP4 Danny L. Smothers, Carson City, NV

  • D Co, 1st Bn, 501st Infantry:
    • 2LT Delmar W. Probst, Erie, PA
    • SP4 Bernard Boney, New York, NY

  • A Co, 1st Bn, 502nd Infantry:
    • SGT Wayne M. Kidwell, Herndon, VA
    • SP4 Craig A. Arndt, Denver, CO
    • SP4 Rodolfo Villafranco, San Benito, TX
    • SP4 William J. Bowers, Koppel, PA
    • PFC Samuel B. Hudson, Glennville, GA
    • PFC Michael A. Shramko, New York, NY
    • PFC Sonnie Stephens, White Oak, NC
    • PFC Ben H. Williams, St Petersburg Beach, FL


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a cousin,
Dorothy L Frank
dfrank@stjoelive.com
1 Jul 2005



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