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GARY LOUIS DOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1941 – October 27, 1965
Service recordGary Louis Dowell, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 137 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 137
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 137
- DANIEL E ALLUMPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROSEStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1965
- ALMA JACK STUMPPPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
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.