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CLAUDE JAMES OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordClaude James Owens, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 51
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DONALD REED ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1969
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.