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CHUBBY DEAN LOWREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – October 28, 1969
Service recordChubby Dean Lowrey, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 126
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 192 AVN CO
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 126
- GARY ALLEN BESTSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · October 28, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE CAMPBELLCaptain · October 28, 1969
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · October 28, 1969
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.