Name: MAJ Jack Coleman Owens (posthumously promoted)
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 03/28/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 33.1
Date of Birth: 02/28/1934
Home City: San Jose, CA
Service: regular component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: VMO-2
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 17E-063
Short Summary: Crashed around Dong Ha. LT Curtis Richard Baker, VMO-2 Flight Surgeon, was also killed while flying in the left seat.
Aircraft: UH-1E tail number 152419
Service number: 076110
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7335 = Pilot HMH
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 14
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY, PENSACOLA FL
This record was last updated on 02/22/1994
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