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CARL EUGENE OWENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – October 30, 1970
Service recordCarl Eugene Owens, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 29
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 29
- LARRY EMERSON HENDRICKPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
- OSCAR ROBERT LAYPORTECorporal · October 30, 1970
- BRUCE ALAN MCNEILSergeant · October 30, 1970
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 29
- GARY WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 30
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.