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SAMUEL PAIGE COWAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordSamuel Paige Cowan JR, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 37
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- DEMPSEY CHALMERS JRLance Corporal · April 18, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 36
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 37
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 37
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
- ERNEST VETTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.