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LOUIS RAY SOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordLouis Ray Soward, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 334 AVN CO 145 AVN CO 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.