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LOWELL RAY SAUNDERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 15, 1941 – November 25, 1971
Service recordLowell Ray Saunders, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 72
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms/Artillery Repairer (45B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 72
- JOHN WILLIAM GEORGECaptain · November 25, 1971
- THOMAS DEAN PROSEAirman First Class · November 25, 1971
- ROBERT BENNETT SWENCKMajor · November 25, 1971
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASTechnical Sergeant · November 25, 1971
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 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.