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WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – December 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Allison Lowry, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 82
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 82
- JOHN PATRICK MELOYSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MONAGHANLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 79
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 83
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.