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JOHN R COWAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1945 – March 11, 1966
Service recordJohn R Cowan, of Elmira, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 1
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- JAMES PIERPONT MORGANSergeant · March 11, 1966
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
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.