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EARNEST WESLEY FOWLKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordEarnest Wesley Fowlke, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Pleasant Grove, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 21
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE WINCHESTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 35
From Pleasant Grove
- DEE RANDALL JARVISLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · August 24, 1968
- HENSON FRANK WALKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 5, 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.