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RICHARD JOHN COWELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1942 – March 10, 1970
Service recordRichard John Cowell, of Lemoore, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Lemoore, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 102
- DONALD RAY WEBBSergeant · March 9, 1970
- JOHN PERRY WONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THEODORE L CADENHEADPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
From Lemoore
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MIGUELPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
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.