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DANNY ALLEN COWAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – October 22, 1971
Service recordDanny Allen Cowan, of Colton, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 47
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 Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 47
- HARRY HUBERT BRACK JRPrivate First Class · October 22, 1971
- PAT GERARD BRANNONWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1971
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 47
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 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.