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JAMES EARL LOWRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1949 – December 21, 1969
Service recordJames Earl Lowry, of Manteca, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 78
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Manteca, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 78
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- ARTHUR ROBERT HERNDONCaptain · December 21, 1969
- BARRY PAUL KALETTASergeant · December 21, 1969
From Manteca
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
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.