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PAUL ALLEN COWAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1948 – May 17, 1969
Service recordPaul Allen Cowan, of Arleta, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Radar Attack Systems Technician, A6 (6234)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Arleta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES ARTKOPSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSENCorporal · May 17, 1969
- LEON DAVID COXStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
From Arleta
- SHERMAN DUANE BRADFORDSergeant · January 26, 1969
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.