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JOHN WAYNE MOWER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 4, 1940 – March 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Wayne Mower, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 25, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 46
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 1967
- GARY KEN NEWMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CLYDE WAYNE STEPHENSCorporal · June 19, 1967
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.