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RANDY LEE OWENS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
July 31, 1949 – July 31, 1969
Service recordRandy Lee Owens, of Lakewood, Colorado, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 31, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 81
- DENNIS PAUL NEALMajor · July 31, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT NILESFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1969
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · July 31, 1969
- JOSEPH RENDONSergeant · July 31, 1969
From Lakewood
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- DAVID PAUL STARKCorporal · March 25, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · January 3, 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.