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STEVEN RAY LOWE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1948 – May 31, 1970
Service recordSteven Ray Lowe, of Jacksonville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 125
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 125
- GARY DEAN HULTSCaptain · May 31, 1970
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Jacksonville
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- RONALD LEE BLACKSergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
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.