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WILLIAM LEE OWEN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1944 – April 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Owen JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 58
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 58
- LAWRENCE STEVEN MILLSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- JOSEPH FLAVIO PAEZCorporal · April 11, 1969
- CLIFTON DENNIS POTTSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- PETER EDWARD REECESpecialist Five · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE LAVERNE MILBRADTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 57
- LAWRENCE EDWARD ZAPOLSKISpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 59
- ALFRED WEBB JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 60
- DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 61
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.