William Joseph McDowell

Specialist Four
HHC, 269TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GRP, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
06 February 1948 - 30 March 1967
El Monte, California
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1 AVN BDE

269TH CAB 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Joseph McDowell

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




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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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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