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THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1929 – July 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Rudolph Owens, of Tifton, Georgia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 43
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- May 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Tifton, Georgia (Tift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 43
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PEARSONFireman · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAUPrivate · July 23, 1968
- JACK WADE SCARBOROUGH JRSergeant · July 23, 1968
From Tifton
- FRANKLIN THOMAS COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
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.