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JAMES ALAN FOWLER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1938 – June 6, 1972
Service recordJames Alan Fowler, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 6, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 TFS 405 TFW
- Born
- January 7, 1938
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 6, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 38
- ANDREW FILLEBRO UNDERWOODLieutenant Colonel · June 5, 1972
- MELVIN SPENCE DRYLieutenant · June 6, 1972
- JOHN WAYNE SEUELLCaptain · June 6, 1972
- JOSEPH LOUIS MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1972
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
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.