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THURMAN WAYNE OWEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1934 – April 2, 1966
Service recordThurman Wayne Owen, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 77
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- LARRY EMMETT ROSEPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CLYDE WAYNE STEPHENSCorporal · June 19, 1967
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.