Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Expert Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 8-Dec-1937
Hometown: East Meadow, New York
Marital status: Married to Olive Wolfries
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Feb-1959
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 24-Nov-1966
Date of casualty: 16-Jan-1967
Age at death: 29
Cause of Death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Accident. Burns.
(Lowell Astley Wolfries was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, on 25 Nov 1966. On 11 Jan 1967 he was placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List. He expired on 16 Jan 1967.)
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA
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