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JACK COLEMAN OWENS
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1934 – March 28, 1967
Service recordJack Coleman Owens, of San Jose, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 63
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- February 28, 1934
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 63
- GLENN MURRAY MCCARTYSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- EUGENE JEROME PAYNE IIILance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.