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IRA EUGENE MCGOWAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1949 – November 9, 1969
Service recordIra Eugene McGowan, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 50
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- RICHARD SCOTT MCFARLANDSergeant · November 9, 1969
- RONALD RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- FRANK DALE STEIBELCorporal · November 9, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.