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LEWIS LOREN FOWLER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1922 – October 13, 1970
Service recordLewis Loren Fowler, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 131
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 27, 1922
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 131
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CADYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
- LARRY RAY CONLEYPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1970
- MARK IRWIN GROSSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HENRY KINGSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 132
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.