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VERNELL OWENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – June 17, 1968
Service recordVernell Owens, of Corona, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 14
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- RONALD JAY LOCKHARTPrivate · June 17, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MACHUTCorporal · June 17, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 12
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 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.