Bowie Bergdahl born in Sun Valley, Idaho
Born Bowe Robert Bergdahl to father Robert Bergdahl, a driver for the United Parcel Service, mother Jani Bergdahl, and three year old sister Sky.
Bowe grows up in a rural setting, deep in the Wood River Valley mountains. He learns to ride horses and shoot by age five, and goes on to ride dirt bikes. He is home schooled until age 16, and then works odd jobs and eventually moves in with a girlfriend’s family and takes up ballet and fencing.