Fred Monroe Owens

Vietnam War
UnitHeadquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromPicher Oklahoma
Date of DeathJune 10 1965
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant First Class Owens was a member of Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On June 10, 1965, he was a passenger in a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1B) on a flight from Tan Son Nhut Airfield, Saigon to be inserted to the Dong Xoai Special Forces Camp, South Vietnam that was under attack. As the helicopter was disembarking troops, it came under attack and took off, but crashed shortly thereafter. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.