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JOHN WILSON OWEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – July 3, 1970
Service recordJohn Wilson Owen, of Payson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Payson, Arizona (Gila County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 116
- WILLIAM ALLEN JUSTICECaptain · July 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD OLINGER JRSergeant · July 3, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- TERRY LEE SANDERSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DUANE CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 114
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 115
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.