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WILLIAM LOUIS LOWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – February 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Louis Lowman, of Smyrna, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 118
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · February 4, 1967
- SAMUEL DONALD MCCLARYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT W MOYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILBURPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
From Smyrna
- LARRY FLETCHER POTTSCaptain · April 7, 1972
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.