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LOWELL STEPHEN POWERS
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – April 2, 1969
Service recordLowell Stephen Powers, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 2
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 2, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 2
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- JAMES HAMILTON RODGERSSergeant · April 2, 1969
- LARRY DEAN RUGGLESStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 107
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.