Bowman, Leslie Von
Army Specialist 4

Leslie Von Bowman, age 20, from Wallace, Indiana, Foutain county.

Parents: Lex and Marie Myers Bowman
Spouse: Engaged to Kay Collins of Kingman

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Fountain Central High (1966)

Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Wolfe Creek Church in Parke County, Indiana

Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org