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DAVID RALPH KOWITZ
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1949 – April 16, 1971
Service recordDavid Ralph Kowitz, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 16, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 128
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 128
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
- DAVID ROSS DEKKERCorporal · April 16, 1971
- LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEYCaptain · April 16, 1971
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.