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ALPHONSO DEDRICK COWAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1945 – July 26, 1969
Service recordAlphonso Dedrick Cowan, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 46
- ALBERT VICK JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- SILAS CLIFTON WRIGHTPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE BELDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID BRENNINGLieutenant · July 26, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.