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DALTON BUSTER LOWERY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1942 – December 20, 1966
Service recordDalton Buster Lowery, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 64
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR
- Born
- May 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 64
- PEDRO HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ALAN KUPREVICHCorporal · December 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS LUCASCaptain · December 20, 1966
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 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.