Irvin Lester Bower Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
RankLance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromLinglestown Pennsylvania
Date of DeathOctober 6 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
Notes
Lance Corporal Bower was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On October 6, 1969, he drowned when being extracted from a tower post on the Song Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on November 20, 2000 and identified on July 10, 2001. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.