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LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – November 6, 1966
Service recordLawrence Eugene Fowler, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- JAMES HERVEY SHANNON JRSergeant Major · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT GRANT WILSONCorporal · November 6, 1966
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · November 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 32
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- THOMAS JOHN KLEMPSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 34
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 34
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 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.