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WILLIAM RAY FOWLER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 1, 1948 – May 10, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ray Fowler, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 80
- ALFRED LEE BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN DAVISCaptain · May 10, 1967
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS DIXONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS LAMAR FOYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
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.