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CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1924 – September 8, 1969
Service recordClarence Edward Lowder, of Clemmons, North Carolina, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 59
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1924
- Home of record
- Clemmons, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 59
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- CARL LOUIS MEIERPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1969
- EUGENE FENTON SMALLWOODLieutenant Colonel · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH HAMPTONSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 58
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.