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KEVIN DOUGLAS LOW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – June 28, 1969
Service recordKevin Douglas Low served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 29
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1949
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 29
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
- STEVEN LAVELLE MCGINNISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES LEE MOSS JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCKCorporal · June 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.