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JOHN ROBERT DOWLING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1948 – June 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Dowling, of Akron, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 33
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 33
- GLENN HENRY DUSBABEKLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS DUTROPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- TIM LAVERN FRITZEPrivate · June 19, 1968
- LEONARDO LOPEZ-VAZQUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
From Akron
- VERNARD JAY SMALLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1965
- MYLLIN GERALD HENRICHStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
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.