CPL Jerome "Jerry" Edward Bowers, Jr. was the son of Jerome "Choke" Edward and Dorothy L. (Gardner) Bowers, Sr. He was the "joy" of his paternal grandfather's heart" - Charles J. Bowers. Jerry served in the US Army in the Vietnam War from August 19, 1969 to April 18, 1970 - Killed In Action at the age of 23.
"Even though 53 years have passed since Coke and I received the dreadful news of your death - a piece of our heart is missing - our tears still flow!"
May you Rest in Peace, dear Cousin Jerry - Mary Jane
The Virtual Wall
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Cpl Jerome E. Bowers, Jr.
Ridgway, PA
Panel W 11, Line 20
Memorial Obituary
The Erie Morning News
Erie, Pennsylvania
April 22, 1970
BOWERS.--Pfc, Jerome Edward Bowers, age 23, of 405 West Main Street, Ridgway was reported killed on April 18, while serving with the U.S. Army, Company C, First Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The Army reported he was killed when mortar fire had landed in the area in which his patrol was operating. His family was notified Monday evening. He joined the Army in August, 1969, received his basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and Ft. Lewis, Washington and left for Vietnam on January 27, 1970. He was born March 25, 1947, in Ridgway, the son of Jerome and Dorothy Gardner Bowers. He attended Ridgway Area Schools and was employed by West End Technical Service Station in St. Marys before entering the service. Survivors include his parents; one brother, Richard and one sister Barbara Ann both at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bowers of Ridgway. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be in charge of the Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, 136 Center Street.
Vietnam War: United States Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Jerome Edward Bowers Jr
Birth Date Date: 25 Mar 1947
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race: Caucasian
Home State: Pennsylvania
Home County: Elk
Home City: Ridgway
Religion: Roman Catholic
SSN/Service #: 208361529
Citizen Status: United States
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Processed Date: Apr 1970
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile - KILLED
Casualty Reason: Gunshot or Small Arms Fire
Casualty Air: Ground Casualty
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Military Grade: Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreciations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S, or T; Second Column: A; Third and Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: Military Region 3 - Binh Long
Service: Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman (ARMY)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
OPERATION MENU was a COVERT US Strategic Air Command conducted in Eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
RESULT: STRATEGIC US FAILURE
CASUALTIES AND LOSSES: UNKNOWN
OPERATION MENU ended Friday May 26, 1970
"Even though 53 years have passed since Coke and I received the dreadful news of your death - a piece of our heart is missing - our tears still flow!"
May you Rest in Peace, dear Cousin Jerry - Mary Jane
The Virtual Wall
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Cpl Jerome E. Bowers, Jr.
Ridgway, PA
Panel W 11, Line 20
Memorial Obituary
The Erie Morning News
Erie, Pennsylvania
April 22, 1970
BOWERS.--Pfc, Jerome Edward Bowers, age 23, of 405 West Main Street, Ridgway was reported killed on April 18, while serving with the U.S. Army, Company C, First Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The Army reported he was killed when mortar fire had landed in the area in which his patrol was operating. His family was notified Monday evening. He joined the Army in August, 1969, received his basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and Ft. Lewis, Washington and left for Vietnam on January 27, 1970. He was born March 25, 1947, in Ridgway, the son of Jerome and Dorothy Gardner Bowers. He attended Ridgway Area Schools and was employed by West End Technical Service Station in St. Marys before entering the service. Survivors include his parents; one brother, Richard and one sister Barbara Ann both at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bowers of Ridgway. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be in charge of the Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, 136 Center Street.
Vietnam War: United States Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Jerome Edward Bowers Jr
Birth Date Date: 25 Mar 1947
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race: Caucasian
Home State: Pennsylvania
Home County: Elk
Home City: Ridgway
Religion: Roman Catholic
SSN/Service #: 208361529
Citizen Status: United States
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Processed Date: Apr 1970
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile - KILLED
Casualty Reason: Gunshot or Small Arms Fire
Casualty Air: Ground Casualty
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Military Grade: Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreciations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S, or T; Second Column: A; Third and Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: Military Region 3 - Binh Long
Service: Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman (ARMY)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
OPERATION MENU was a COVERT US Strategic Air Command conducted in Eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
RESULT: STRATEGIC US FAILURE
CASUALTIES AND LOSSES: UNKNOWN
OPERATION MENU ended Friday May 26, 1970
CPL Jerome "Jerry" Edward Bowers, Jr. was the son of Jerome "Choke" Edward and Dorothy L. (Gardner) Bowers, Sr. He was the "joy" of his paternal grandfather's heart" - Charles J. Bowers. Jerry served in the US Army in the Vietnam War from August 19, 1969 to April 18, 1970 - Killed In Action at the age of 23.
"Even though 53 years have passed since Coke and I received the dreadful news of your death - a piece of our heart is missing - our tears still flow!"
May you Rest in Peace, dear Cousin Jerry - Mary Jane
The Virtual Wall
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Cpl Jerome E. Bowers, Jr.
Ridgway, PA
Panel W 11, Line 20
Memorial Obituary
The Erie Morning News
Erie, Pennsylvania
April 22, 1970
BOWERS.--Pfc, Jerome Edward Bowers, age 23, of 405 West Main Street, Ridgway was reported killed on April 18, while serving with the U.S. Army, Company C, First Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The Army reported he was killed when mortar fire had landed in the area in which his patrol was operating. His family was notified Monday evening. He joined the Army in August, 1969, received his basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and Ft. Lewis, Washington and left for Vietnam on January 27, 1970. He was born March 25, 1947, in Ridgway, the son of Jerome and Dorothy Gardner Bowers. He attended Ridgway Area Schools and was employed by West End Technical Service Station in St. Marys before entering the service. Survivors include his parents; one brother, Richard and one sister Barbara Ann both at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bowers of Ridgway. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be in charge of the Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, 136 Center Street.
Vietnam War: United States Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Jerome Edward Bowers Jr
Birth Date Date: 25 Mar 1947
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race: Caucasian
Home State: Pennsylvania
Home County: Elk
Home City: Ridgway
Religion: Roman Catholic
SSN/Service #: 208361529
Citizen Status: United States
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Processed Date: Apr 1970
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile - KILLED
Casualty Reason: Gunshot or Small Arms Fire
Casualty Air: Ground Casualty
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Military Grade: Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreciations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S, or T; Second Column: A; Third and Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: Military Region 3 - Binh Long
Service: Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman (ARMY)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
OPERATION MENU was a COVERT US Strategic Air Command conducted in Eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
RESULT: STRATEGIC US FAILURE
CASUALTIES AND LOSSES: UNKNOWN
OPERATION MENU ended Friday May 26, 1970
"Even though 53 years have passed since Coke and I received the dreadful news of your death - a piece of our heart is missing - our tears still flow!"
May you Rest in Peace, dear Cousin Jerry - Mary Jane
The Virtual Wall
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Cpl Jerome E. Bowers, Jr.
Ridgway, PA
Panel W 11, Line 20
Memorial Obituary
The Erie Morning News
Erie, Pennsylvania
April 22, 1970
BOWERS.--Pfc, Jerome Edward Bowers, age 23, of 405 West Main Street, Ridgway was reported killed on April 18, while serving with the U.S. Army, Company C, First Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The Army reported he was killed when mortar fire had landed in the area in which his patrol was operating. His family was notified Monday evening. He joined the Army in August, 1969, received his basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and Ft. Lewis, Washington and left for Vietnam on January 27, 1970. He was born March 25, 1947, in Ridgway, the son of Jerome and Dorothy Gardner Bowers. He attended Ridgway Area Schools and was employed by West End Technical Service Station in St. Marys before entering the service. Survivors include his parents; one brother, Richard and one sister Barbara Ann both at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bowers of Ridgway. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be in charge of the Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, 136 Center Street.
Vietnam War: United States Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Jerome Edward Bowers Jr
Birth Date Date: 25 Mar 1947
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race: Caucasian
Home State: Pennsylvania
Home County: Elk
Home City: Ridgway
Religion: Roman Catholic
SSN/Service #: 208361529
Citizen Status: United States
Death Date: 18 Apr 1970
Processed Date: Apr 1970
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile - KILLED
Casualty Reason: Gunshot or Small Arms Fire
Casualty Air: Ground Casualty
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Military Grade: Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreciations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S, or T; Second Column: A; Third and Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: Military Region 3 - Binh Long
Service: Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman (ARMY)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia
OPERATION MENU was a COVERT US Strategic Air Command conducted in Eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
RESULT: STRATEGIC US FAILURE
CASUALTIES AND LOSSES: UNKNOWN
OPERATION MENU ended Friday May 26, 1970
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CPL Co C ast BN 5th Cav
1947 - 1970
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