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AARON HARVEY LOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1945 – May 12, 1969
Service recordAaron Harvey Lowe, of Cassville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 75
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Cassville, Missouri (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 75
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 72
- DAVID ALLEN LEFLERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 74
- WENDELL ALLEN WESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
From Cassville
- WILLIAM ROTHROC EDMONDSONMajor · May 31, 1966
- GALEN CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
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.