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JAMES EDWARD FOWLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – March 11, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Fowler, of Rockwood, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 7
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- WHITNEY T FERGUSON IIIPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DONALD LEON FOWLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORFCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 3
- RICHARD HAROLD HAAG JRSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 8
- CLARENCE LEON ROUSESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 14
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 14
- DANIEL WAYNE TINDLESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Rockwood
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- DONALD JERRY HANNINGCaptain · September 3, 1972
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.