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GERALD LEE MCDOWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – June 27, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee McDowell, of Fortson, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Fortson, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 99
- PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JRSergeant · June 27, 1970
- CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- GARY MORGAN PRIDGENSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WALTERSCaptain · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN WIMMERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 100
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.