26 Jun 2001 "To live in the hearts we leave behind, is never to have died." (Thomas Campbell, circa 1888) Son of James and Dorothy Bowdren; two brothers, Philip and Robert; one sister, Barbara. Attended St. Eugene's School (Primos, Pa.), Lansdowne-Aldan High School (Lansdowne, Pa.), and Olney High School (Philadelphia, Pa.), Class of 1970. Joined the United States Army in 1968, sent to Vietnam in August 1970. Died in Quang Ngai Provence, Vietnam, November 21st 1970. From his brother, Phil Bowdren 23 Sep 2006 Please visit the Memorial Page on my family website. From his brother, Phil Bowdren 2013 Memphis Street, Philadelphia Pa 19125 phil.bowdren@verizon.net

 

17 Oct 2002 The following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987, issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. Bowdren enlisted in the Army a month after turning 17. The former Olney High School student served in Germany for a year and was shipped to Viet Nam in August 1970, joining Company A of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Division [sic]. A mortar gunner and rifleman, he avoided telling his parents he was in combat until a week before his death on November 21, 1970, when he told them of being awarded a medal. He was 19 years old. Besides his parents, Bowdren was survived by two brothers and a sister. From a native Philadelphian and Marine, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@comcast.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall C Company, 1/6th Infantry, lost two men to an explosive device on 21 Nov 1970: CPL James I. Bowdren and CPL John R. Mucci of Chicago, Illinois.

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