Stephen Allen Bowman

United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch June 24, 1998

Age 45

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Stephen Bowman was killed when the helicopter he was a passenger in crashed on Holston Mountain, six miles northeast of Elizabethton, Tennessee. He was flying in a Tennessee National Guard OH-58 Kiowa helicopter while conducting reconnaissance to locate marijuana grows. The helicopter crashed in a remote mountain area and wasn't found for three days. The pilot, a Tennessee National Guardsman, was also killed. Officer Bowman had served in law enforcement for 13 years and was assigned to the Governor's Task Force for Marijuana Eradication.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Bowman gave the United States Department of Agriculture 13 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Bowman.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdafsleifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 24, 1998

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Stephen Allen Bowman is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations, 3 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations

of 9 officers

33.3% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident