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MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordMichael Edward Fowler, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 37
- GERARD JOHN FLIEGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD HARRY GERNERTPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS GIBNERCorporal · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 36
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 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.