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JOE LYNN FOWLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – May 16, 1969
Service recordJoe Lynn Fowler, of Vinton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Vinton, Iowa (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 25
- MELVIN THOMAS COWDELLSergeant · May 16, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT MCNELISPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1969
- ALEXANDER A MONGELLICorporal · May 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GEORGE WITHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 27
From Vinton
- RONALD EUGENE JOHNSONCorporal · July 8, 1967
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
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.