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EARL WAYNE MCDOWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordEarl Wayne McDowell, of Woodward, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 41
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodward, Oklahoma (Woodward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 41
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS ROYSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 37
From Woodward
- GARTH WAYNE KECK JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- THOMAS RAY ALLENMajor · July 31, 1967
- FRANCIS IVAN FOILESPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
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.