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DONALD LEON FOWLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1943 – March 11, 1969
Service recordDonald Leon Fowler, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 7
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 7
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- WHITNEY T FERGUSON IIIPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- KENNETH MICHAEL FRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 8
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 13
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 16
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.