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STEPHEN DOWDELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordStephen Dowdell, of Alhambra, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 64
- JERRY DENNIS DEMARCUSSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN D DENTONSergeant · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ELLISLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL EUGENE FABRISICorporal · July 28, 1969
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.