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RICKY NORMAN LOWDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1951 – March 3, 1970
Service recordRicky Norman Lowder, of China Grove, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1951
- Home of record
- China Grove, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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Also on Panel 13W, Line 78
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- JAMES DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
From China Grove
- RICHARD HUGH PROPSTPrivate First Class · March 16, 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.