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MICHAEL AYR LOWERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1946 – February 5, 1967
Service recordMichael Ayr Lowery, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 25, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 123
- ROBERT RAYMOND ECKERSergeant · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ELGAARDCaptain · February 5, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.