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STEVEN DOUGLAS MCDOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1950 – February 9, 1971
Service recordSteven Douglas McDowell, of Keokuk, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Keokuk, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 91
- MELVIN JAMES FELTONSergeant · February 9, 1971
- EDGAR MCDANIELLance Corporal · February 9, 1971
- JAMES ANTHONY MCINTYRESpecialist Four · February 9, 1971
- EDMOND SMITH BLACKBURN JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN JAMES PEARSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 92
From Keokuk
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
- GARREL LEE TEATSWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- EARL WILLIAM MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
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.