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DAVID WILLIAM LOEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDavid William Loew, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 66
- RICHARD ALDEN KELLERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DANIEL BING LEDINPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HIRIS WAYNE BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 63
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.