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HAROLD WAYNE LOWTHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 12, 1943 – April 5, 1966
Service recordHarold Wayne Lowther, of Bastrop, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN
- Born
- July 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Bastrop, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 85
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- ISIDRO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · April 5, 1966
From Bastrop
- LEO PORTERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON HENDERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 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.