Born
1926 in Illinois to Arthur and Alice Bowman.[1]
Death
Lost at sea 18 Dec 1944 along with 314 other lives when the USS Spence went down during Typhoon Cobra.[2]
Notes
Link to more information about the typhoon and destruction with 790 lives lost. http://www.patriotwatch.com/survivors.htm
http://navylog.navymemorial.org/bowman-richard-1
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