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VIRGIL JAMES FOWLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1919 – May 9, 1968
Service recordVirgil James Fowler, of Arlington, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1919
- Home of record
- Arlington, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 21
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOY TRINT FRENCHPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 14
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- CARLOS WAYNE CORNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 17
- FREDDIE JAMES COX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 19
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 21
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 24
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- DAYTON WAYNE LANIERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 29
- DONALD K MCNEILWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 29
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 2
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Arlington
- DOYLE TRAVIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- PATRICK OWEN POMPELLASergeant · February 18, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
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.