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JOHN WILLIAM OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1945 – February 8, 1966
Service recordJohn William Owens, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 17
- DENNIS ROBERT MARTINLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JERRY MAURICE CAINPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- LESLIE CRAIG COUCHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- LESTER LOIS CROOKSPetty Officer Second Class · February 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LINCOLN HINES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MAURICE CAINPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 17
- ARTHUR EDWIN SANDERSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 18
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.