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ROBERT GARY OWEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1949 – October 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Gary Owen, of Gasquet, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 19
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Gasquet, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 19
- DANIEL AUGUST MILLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE THOMAS MYERSCorporal · October 6, 1968
- DONALD JERALD PARKSStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- STEVEN DALE PERRYSergeant · October 6, 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.