William Joseph Mc Dowell
Specialist Four
HHC, 269TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
El Monte, California
February 06, 1948 to March 30, 1967
(Incident Date March 15, 1967)
WILLIAM J McDOWELL is on the Wall at Panel 17E, Line 74

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08 June 2005

Your courage and sacrifice have not been forgotten,
and it was an honor to serve with you.

Henry Crawford Hammersley
c_hammersley@adelphia.net


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Site 944, Section B,
Golden Gate National Cemetery,
San Bruno, California

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 15 March 1967 the airfield at Cu Chi was subjected to a mortar bombardment. Two men are known to have died as a result of the attack. SFC Robert V. Crain of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, assigned to the 116th Assault Helicopter Company, was killed outright, while SP4 William J. McDowell was badly wounded. He was transferred to an Army hospital in Japan, where he died on 30 March 1967.

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