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FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – October 21, 1967
Service recordFrederick Molee Lowe JR, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL KUSYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- JEFFREY LYNN MORRISPrivate · October 21, 1967
- PETER JAMES PAELESergeant · October 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD P YARRINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 45
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 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.