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U.S. Navy · United States 
Eric D Bowling
1984
Eric Bowling served the U.S. Navy for 6 years. Eric served in World War II.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Blunt force
What Happened
Supervisor Eric Bowling was beaten to death with a ten-gauge bar of sheet metal at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Immediately after the crime, the inmate admitted the murder to a corrections officer. The inmate who beat him was a former death row inmate who was released from death row in the early 1970s when Ohio's death penalty was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. He was tried and convicted of aggravated murder and again sentenced to death for the murder of Supervisor Bowling. He died in January 2005 while still incarcerated. Supervisor Bowling was a United States Navy World War II veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1940 – 1946
Conflicts
World War II
Also Served
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Supervisor
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