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FRED MONROE OWENS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1933 – June 10, 1965
Service recordFred Monroe Owens, of Picher, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Picher, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 3
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RONALD EARL BLAKESpecialist Four · June 10, 1965
- WALTER RAY GRAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EARL BLAKESpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 3
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 4
- BRUCE GARDNER JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2E, Line 5
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · Panel 2E, Line 6
From Picher
- JERRY LEONARD WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 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.