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OWEN RAY EMERY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1944 – February 22, 1967
Service recordOwen Ray Emery, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 73
- SOLOMAN DAVID ARLINE JRStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CLARENCE ARTHUR BROWNFirst Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- DWIGHT STANLEY CAMPBELLCaptain · February 22, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 76
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.