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JOHN CLARK MCDOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 29, 1944 – January 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Clark McDowell, of Corsica, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Corsica, South Dakota (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 9
- DOUGLAS STEVEN MCILROYCorporal · January 9, 1968
- WARREN EMERY NEWTONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- PAUL HAROLD OLIVERPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 6
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.