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DEWEY RAY OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – March 16, 1968
Service recordDewey Ray Owens, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 4
- FRANK ANTHONY UHLIK JRAirman First Class · March 15, 1968
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- JAY DARRELL MCMURPHYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- RONALD STANLEY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 4
- BENJI YAMANESergeant · Panel 45E, Line 6
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 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.