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JAMES ROBERT FOWLER
Captain · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – April 24, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Fowler, of Winder, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 44
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Winder, Georgia (Barrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 44
- STEVEN MARK CRONRATHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- JAMES EMORY CROSSCaptain · April 24, 1970
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · April 24, 1970
- ERNEST ERVIN ENGLISHSergeant · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 45
- FRED DUANE LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 46
From Winder
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WELDON GEORGE LYNNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- BILLY JOE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · March 23, 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.