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WILLIAM RAY GOWER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 19, 1934 – July 29, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ray Gower, of Marshfield, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 29, 1966, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Missouri (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 87
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE HOSKINSONColonel · July 29, 1966
- DELMER LEE LAWSSergeant First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT VOYD LEECHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
From Marshfield
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
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.