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DONALD W LOWE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1939 – February 3, 1972
Service recordDonald W Lowe, of Conroe, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 3, 1972, in Thailand, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Conroe, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 104
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
- DANIEL DEAN COOPERLieutenant · February 4, 1972
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
- THOMAS WASHINGTON LIPSEY IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES J CRAWFORDCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 103
From Conroe
- JAMES ARNOLD GILFORDCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM RUSHINGSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 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.