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THOMAS EARL OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – June 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Earl Owens, of Wetumpka, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 42
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD MOBILIAPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PARKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 37
- JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 41
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 43
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 45
From Wetumpka
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 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.