Ray A. Bowman
In Memoriam

Duty Position(s):
Sentinel

Relief:
3rd

Dates:
January 1967 - July 1967

Brief Army History:
Drafted in 1965
Discharged in 1967

Units:
Basic Training - Fort Gordon
Advanced Infantry Training - Fort Polk
Company E (Honor Guard), 3d US Infantry (The Old Guard), Fort Myer

Personal gallery


Awards / Decorations:
AIT Trainee of the Cycle
Certificate, Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Tomb Guard Identification Badge 

Campaigns:

 

Highest Rank:

Specialist  (E-4)


Home City / State:
Claremont, North Carolina

Date of Birth:
June 6, 1944


After the Army:
After I was discharged, I went back to work in Taylorsville, NC as a rotating machine operator.  While I was there I was promoted to a desk job then transferred to a sister plant in Texas.  I was transferred back to Conover, NC in the Customer Service Department.  After 11 years in this position, I was promoted to the Plant Superintendent.  I retired in 1990, after 12 years as Superintendent due to Parkinson's Disease.

Family Information:
I'm married with two sons and one grandchild.

Current Occupation:
Retired 

Degrees/Schooling:
Graduate, High School

Most Memorable Moment at Tomb:
I can't tell!

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