Bowman, Charles Leroy Jr.
Army Specialist

Charles Leroy Jr. Bowman, age 20, from Maryland, Carroll county.

Parents: Sandi Bowman and Charles Sr.

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: North Carroll County High (1988)
Military history: 3rd Armored Division

Date of death: Tuesday, April 2, 1991
Death details: Bowman was ordered to clear unexploded munitions in the desert file miles inside Iraq. A bomblet exploded in Bowman’s hand.

Cemetery: Gettysburg National

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Veterans Affairs, Baltimore Sun (2002, 1991)

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