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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Charles Fowler.

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DANIEL CHARLES FOWLER

Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army

January 21, 1938 – April 28, 1967

Service record

Daniel Charles Fowler, of Citrus Heights, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 107

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
January 21, 1938
Home of record
Citrus Heights, California (Sacramento County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 28, 1967
Age
29
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 107

From Citrus Heights

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.