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JAMES EDWARD COWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Cowell, of Chester, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Chester, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 7
- JAMES ANDREW CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- CHARLES LOYD COLEMANCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE FRANCIS ANELLOSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 4
From Chester
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES FRAZERSergeant · September 9, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD WELGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.