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EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 24, 1944 – June 9, 1965
Service recordEdward Allan Joseph Ownby, of Nevada City, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 9, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Technician (Gun Fire Control) (FTG)
- Born
- August 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Nevada City, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 2
- HAROLD KENNETH STEVENS JRLance Corporal · June 8, 1965
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- CHARLES DANIEL PIZZIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
From Nevada City
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.