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LOWELL THOMAS JARBOE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordLowell Thomas Jarboe, of Clarkson, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Recovery Specialist (63F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarkson, Kentucky (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 80
- MARTIN SAM HUSKASpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- EDWARD JACKSON JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1970
- THOMAS JAY KAUFMANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
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.