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DAVID MICHAEL SOWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1947 – September 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Sowards, of West Liberty, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- West Liberty, Kentucky (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 42
- PHILIP LEONARD TANKPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- EDGAR LEE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- SAMUEL GILMORE UMSTOT JRCaptain · September 12, 1968
- WILLIAM WITTMANPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.