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JERALD RILEY TOWATER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1944 – March 29, 1966
Service recordJerald Riley Towater, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 61
- THOMAS DEAN VINCENTLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- LEE BERNARD TATELieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1966
- JUAN RAMON TREVINOPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- IVAN ALFEROFFSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES MALCOLM ARBUTHNOTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.