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FLETCHER JACOB NOWLIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordFletcher Jacob Nowlin JR, of Rochdale Village, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochdale Village, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 56
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- GUILLERMO PARISICorporal · June 3, 1969
- RODDIE LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.