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ROBERT ALLEN FOWLER
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
July 13, 1927 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Fowler, of Geneva, Alabama, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1927
- Home of record
- Geneva, Alabama (Geneva County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 33
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · May 4, 1968
- ANTHONY PATRICK EVERSULLCorporal · May 4, 1968
- ALLEN LEE FALERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 36
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 37
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 54E, Line 41
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.