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JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Christopher Lowe, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 90
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 90
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- EDWARD ROY LUKERTSergeant · June 11, 1967
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · June 11, 1967
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 86
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 88
- DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 89
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.