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VICTOR ORIN FOWLER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1942 – October 18, 1966
Service recordVictor Orin Fowler JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer (31F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 5 BN 7 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 86
- LEONARD WESLEY BURNSSpecialist Five · October 18, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- BOBBIE JEFFERSON DENNISWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT VESSELSSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.