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LARRY LYNN FOWLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – November 27, 1969
Service recordLarry Lynn Fowler, of New Galilee, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- New Galilee, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 127
- WILLIAM OSLER BRANTLEY JRCaptain · November 27, 1969
- CHARLES ROSS DEWINDTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SILVAPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WYLIE CLARENCE KINGCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 128
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.