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BEN OWENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – December 27, 1967
Service recordBen Owens, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 79
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES MINORCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE PARKERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 68
- RICHARD NELSON EDDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 71
- MICHAEL DAVID FULLERPrivate · Panel 32E, Line 72
- FRANCIS DAVID GREENWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 72
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 72
- MOSE HEGLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 72
- TED DELANE HOLLIMAN JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 73
- DAN THOMAS KLINDTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 76
- IRVILLE J KNOXPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 76
- MICHAEL JAMES MINORCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 79
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.