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AARON DAVIS COWAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1943 – October 28, 1966
Service recordAaron Davis Cowan, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1943
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 121
- ALLEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- SIDNEY LEE BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WALTER JACKSON CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- JESSIE LEE CRUMPPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 122
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 123
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 123
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 125
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.