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CHARLES DAVID LOWNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordCharles David Lownes, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Newtown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 81
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- CALVIN EUGENE NOLTSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · May 1, 1970
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- MARTIN SAM HUSKASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 80
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 80
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 81
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Newtown
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HERBERT MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- FRANK MARTIN MEBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
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.