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MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – July 27, 1966
Service recordMelvin Warren McDowell, of Delhi, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Delhi, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 81
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- BARRY LEE MOTTCorporal · July 27, 1966
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · July 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILFORD COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH FRANCIS HUNTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 80
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 80
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 81
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 81
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
- JERRY L SCHEMELPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 82
- RUTHERFORD J WELSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
From Delhi
- DAVID MARSHALL WINTERSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD AHERNSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- JERRY LEE JANEWAYPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.