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EARL GARLAND DOWNEY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 28, 1932 – June 28, 1965
Service recordEarl Garland Downey, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 28, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE LAIRDStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- VINCENT F RISOLDIPrivate First Class · June 28, 1965
- CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEYCaptain · June 28, 1966
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.