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DARRELL WAYNE COWAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1950 – February 2, 1971
Service recordDarrell Wayne Cowan, of Fairfax, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Oklahoma (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 73
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
- KEITH ARTHUR STODDARDPrivate · February 1, 1971
- MICHAEL PAUL AUSTINFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
- ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL AUSTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 73
From Fairfax
- CLIFFORD CURTIS JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 29, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · May 24, 1969
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.