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DAVID RAY OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – May 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Ray Owens, of Athens, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANK NOLANSergeant · May 7, 1968
- KENNETH BENEDICT ORSZULAKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 23
- RUSSELL JAMES HELIKERSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ROBERT FRANKLIN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 26
- ROBERT FRANK NOLANSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 29
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · Panel 56E, Line 32
From Athens
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · December 19, 1967
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · June 11, 1969
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
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.