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JOHN WAYNE COWART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – January 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Wayne Cowart, of Myrtle, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Myrtle, Mississippi (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 6
- ROBERT JOHN CAMERONMajor · January 28, 1969
- JERRY RICHARD COLEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 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.