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WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – March 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph McDowell, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HH DET 8 TRANS GRP 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 74
- ROBERT LEE MCGEELance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSONCorporal · March 30, 1967
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.