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SAMUEL TAYLOR OWEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1942 – March 12, 1971
Service recordSamuel Taylor Owen, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 42
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 42
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL RICHARD REBERLance Corporal · March 12, 1971
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- ROBERT WALTER THORNESpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOEL THOMAS HAGEMANCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 40
- VAN JOHN JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 41
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.