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ALVIN LEROY LOWERY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1949 – March 13, 1969
Service recordAlvin Leroy Lowery, of Yacolt, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Yacolt, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 31
- CRAIG STEVEN METTLINGSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS ORRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOTSpecialist Four · March 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.