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WALTER ALBERT OWENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – December 3, 1967
Service recordWalter Albert Owens, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE E LEIBAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
- JOHN RONALD RUOHOPetty Officer First Class · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WILLAR STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 31
- OTIS FRANKLIN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
- WALTER LEON TILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.