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DAVID LAWRENCE COWART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1947 – September 25, 1967
Service recordDavid Lawrence Cowart, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 9
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 9
- JAMES WILLIAM CHEEKLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- STEPHEN C CRABTREEPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 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.