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WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1946 – July 9, 1965
Service recordWilliam Edward Fowler, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 33
- IGNACIO ALMANZAR JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.