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JAMES HOWARD OWENS JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 20, 1943 – August 4, 1969
Service recordJames Howard Owens JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 96
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 96
- FRED MICHAEL RAGLANDCorporal · August 4, 1969
- RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENSSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- DANNY LANCE BARRONCorporal · August 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LOU COX JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.