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WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordWill Lee Dennis Fowler, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 12
- WILLIAM HOKE FARMER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1967
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- IVAN WEBSTER GATLINCorporal · May 29, 1967
- DENNIS RAY GLENNPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 9
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 14
- ROBERT WILLIAM PRYSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 15
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.