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JOHN ALOYSIUS DOWD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1931 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Aloysius Dowd, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 30
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 30
- GREGORY DELGUIDICESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES DURHAMLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JOHN LIONEL FIELDERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 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.