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DONALD BRITTON SOWELL
Private · U.S. Army
November 16, 1944 – October 18, 1970
Service recordDonald Britton Sowell, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 8
- FREDERICK LEROY NUTTERPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 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.