Bowen, Samuel Robert
Male
Verified At 38, PFC Bowen, Samuel Robert of CLEVELAND, OH was serving with the ARMY, HSC, 216TH ENGINEER BATTALION, HAMILTON, OH 45015, when he died in SAMARRA, IRAQ on July 7, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Bowen, Samuel Robert, from CLEVELAND, OH, at age 38, with HSC, 216TH ENGINEER BATTALION, HAMILTON, OH 45015, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 7, 2004 in SAMARRA, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Bowen, Samuel Robert was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
