Lowery, Alvin Leroy, Cpl

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Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Primary MOS
0311-Rifleman

Last MOSGroup
Infantry

Primary Unit
1969-1969, 0311, CAP 1-4-3, III MAF/1st CAG (Combined Action Group)

Service Years
1966 - 1969

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Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1949

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Casualty Info

Home Town Yacolt	Last Address Yacolt, wa.

Casualty Date Mar 13, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Quang Ngai (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Evergreen Memorial Gardens - Vancouver, Washington	Wall/Plot Coordinates 29W 031
Military Service Number 2 231 400

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	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial

1968-1968, 0311, USS Sanctuary(AH-17)

From Month/Year January / 1968	To Month/Year February / 1968
Unit USS Sanctuary(AH-17) Unit Page
Rank Corporal	MOS 0311-Rifleman
Base, Station or City CAM RAHN BAY	State/Country Vietnam, South (Vietnam)

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USS Sanctuary(AH-17) Details

USS�Sanctuary�(AH-17)�was a�Haven-class�hospital ship�that served in the�U.S. Navy�in�World War II�and the�Vietnam War.
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General characteristics
Class & type:	Haven-class�hospital ship
Displacement:	15,226�GRT
Length:	522 ft 10 in
Beam:	71�ft 8�in (21.84�m)
Propulsion:	combination HP/LP 600 PSI steam turbine geared engine, single screw, shp 9,000
Speed:	17.5�knots
Capacity:	800 Patient
Complement:	60 Officers, 505 Crew

Type
Surface Vessel

Parent Unit
Ships At Sea

Strength
Hospital

Created/Owned By
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Fletcher, Stephen (Fletch), Cpl

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Last Updated: Nov 8, 2009

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Sanctuary(AH-17)

Shaver, John, Sgt, (1966-1974)	3	0311	Sergeant
Reilly, Pat, Cpl, (1968-1969)	3	0311	Corporal
Trina, Jay, LCpl, (1966-1968)	3	0311	Lance Corporal
Peppers, Roger, Cpl, (1967-1971)	3	0341	Corporal
Slate, Ron, SgtMaj, (1966-1996)	3	0341	Corporal
Howlett, John, MGySgt	13	1391	Lance Corporal
Wilson, Don, HA		HM-8404	Hospital Corpsman Third Class Petty Officer