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JOHN KENNETH FOWLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1951 – November 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Kenneth Fowler, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 57
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 57
- MERLIN GAIL BEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · November 11, 1969
- JOHN DANIEL HARRINGTONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR JACKSONLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.