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EDWARD LEONARD LOWE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1945 – December 26, 1965
Service recordEdward Leonard Lowe, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
From Pico Rivera
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE ALBERT JUAREZPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
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.