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THOMAS ALLEN LOWDEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1938 – September 27, 1966
Service recordThomas Allen Lowden, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 22
- RONALD GEORGE JORDETLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE FRANK KINNEARPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAWSPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.