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REO OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1947 – July 28, 1966
Service recordReo Owens, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 84
- RICHARD DEAN POWERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- BENNY LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- PHILLIP NEIL TROUGHTONSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
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.