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ROGER DALE LOWERY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Lowery, of Arcata, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 83
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 83
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · September 14, 1969
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
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.