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EUGENE OLIVER OWENBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordEugene Oliver Owenby, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 47
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- WALTER ALLAN PAIRANCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE EUGENE WAYRYNENSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 52
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 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.