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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: OWENS
First name: JAMES EUGENE
Home of Record (official): DILLON
State (official): SC
Date of Birth: Wednesday, October 2, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 53417158
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
K Troop 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Thursday, December 1, 1966
Date of Casualty: Monday, September 4, 1967
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 25E - Row 107
--- Interment ---
JAMES
EUGENE OWENS
Greenlawn
Cemetery
1332 Highway 57 South
Dillon,
(843) 774-2818