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DAVID LEE OWENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1947 – October 5, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Owens, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 50
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
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 50
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- WALTER FRANKLIN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- RODNEY GARDNER THORNTONSergeant · October 5, 1966
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 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.