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OWEN THOMAS LAVERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1941 – October 20, 1965
Service recordOwen Thomas Lavery, of San Bruno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 127
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1941
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 127
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- WESLEY MCDONIALSpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.