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RANDAL GENE SOWERS
Private · U.S. Army
July 29, 1951 – July 8, 1970
Service recordRandal Gene Sowers, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 131
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 131
- DANIEL JOSEPH MALONEYSergeant · July 8, 1970
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · July 8, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TONY MANUEL FLOREZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.