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DONALD MICHAEL SOWER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – August 2, 1967
Service recordDonald Michael Sower, of Red Cliff, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 70
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Red Cliff, Colorado (Eagle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 70
- RAY W STOTLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEYSergeant · August 3, 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.