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ELWOOD OWENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordElwood Owens, of Windsor, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 26
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Windsor, North Carolina (Bertie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 26
- CLARENCE VERNON MOBLEYCorporal · June 18, 1968
- JOSE ROBERTO MONCAYOSergeant · June 18, 1968
- CARL ARTHUR PAULINOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAN LEON PFISTERSergeant First Class · June 18, 1968
From Windsor
- JAMES RONALD SPELLERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JRSergeant First Class · April 9, 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.