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ROBERT ALLEN MOWERY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1943 – April 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Mowery, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 41
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PHILYAWStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- DONALD LAVEREN STILESSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HUGO CATO IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 38
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 43
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.