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WALTER BEDFORD LOWE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – September 16, 1969
Service recordWalter Bedford Lowe JR, of Garden City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden City, Texas (Glasscock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 95
- JACK HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 1969
- HARRY FRANK LALONDE JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- CHARLIE HOWARD MITCHELLCorporal · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY PYPNIOWSKICorporal · Panel 18W, Line 97
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.