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JAMES ALTON COWAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordJames Alton Cowan JR, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 74
- CRAIG MICHAEL CLANCYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- FRANK CRUZLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- JAMES JOSEPH LANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 78
- MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 82
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 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.