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THOMAS BREVARD OWENS
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1923 – July 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Brevard Owens, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Senior Supply/Service Sergeant (76Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 13, 1923
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 132
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · July 8, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- RICHARD GLENN REPOLEFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 133
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.