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OWEN TED MCCANDLIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1944 – February 5, 1970
Service recordOwen Ted McCandlis, of Snohomish, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 105
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
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Snohomish, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 105
- KENNETH MERLE PERRYCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
- DANIEL SAVAGELance Corporal · February 5, 1970
- RICHARD CHARLES STEPHENSONLieutenant · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LUIS ANGEL ALANIZPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 102
From Snohomish
- CHARLES C PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- BRUCE CALVIN CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 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.