BOWER, IRVIN LESTER JR.
Remains Returned 11/20/00

Name: Irvin Lester Bower Jr.
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps/E3
Unit: O/3/5 1 MAR DIV
Date of Birth: 24 April 1949
Home City of Record: LINGLESTOWN PA
Date of Loss:  06 October 1969
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 155125 North 1081141 East
Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 1497

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.

REMARKS: Drowned when being extracted from a tower post on Song Thu Bon
River

CACCF/NON-HOSTILE/DIED OF OTHER CAUSES   DROWNED/SUFFOCATED QUANG NAM

No further information available at this time.