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HAROLD EUGENE COWAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1950 – June 23, 1970
Service recordHarold Eugene Cowan, of Cahokia, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 82
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Cahokia, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 82
- THOMAS RICHARD BROWNSeaman · June 23, 1970
- DARRELL EDWARD BURNSSergeant · June 23, 1970
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · June 23, 1970
From Cahokia
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURGETTSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWIN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · November 6, 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.