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Samuel R Bowen
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Name: Army Pvt. 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen
Age: 38
From: Cleveland
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio National Guard, Akron, Ohio
Incident: Army Pvt. 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen was killed July 7 when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
Died: July 07, 2004
Maryland native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 38
From: Cleveland
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio National Guard, Akron, Ohio
Incident: Army Pvt. 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen was killed July 7 when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
Died: July 07, 2004
Maryland native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
BERLIN, Md. — An Eastern Shore native was killed in Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle, the Army announced Friday.
Pfc. Samuel R. Bowen, 38, died Wednesday in Samarra, the Defense Department said in a news release. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Bowen lived in Cleveland but was from Berlin, Md., where he graduated in 1983 from Stephen Decatur High School.
He was assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, a unit of the Ohio National Guard that is based in a Cleveland suburb.
Three weeks before his death, Bowen helped rescue a fellow Guardsman wounded in a rocket attack. Ron Eaton,...
Occupation
the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio National Guard, Akron, Ohio
Incident
Army Pvt. 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen was killed July 7 when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Samuel R Bowen
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.