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JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1939 – August 4, 1968
Service recordJames Isiah Fowler JR, of White City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1939
- Home of record
- White City, Kansas (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 8
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD W HELLARD JRCorporal · August 4, 1968
- MORRIS ELIOT HOLCMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
- ALLEN PAUL HOUCKCorporal · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DON RAY BACHELORCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 7
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 8
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 10
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · Panel 49W, Line 11
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.