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LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1937 – January 16, 1967
Service recordLowell Astley Wolfries, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 8, 1937
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 41
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WELCHColonel · January 16, 1967
- ARTHUR WAYNE WILKIESpecialist Four · January 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 39
- CHARLES LEE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 40
From East Meadow
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.