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JAMES JOSEPH OWENS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1944 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJames Joseph Owens, of Woodside, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 62
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- MAURICE JOSEPH OCALLAGHANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.