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ALLEN DUANE ROWLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordAllen Duane Rowles, of New Millport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New Millport, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 16
- THOMAS O REYNASergeant · May 2, 1968
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ROBERTO SANCHEZLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- RONALD JONESCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 9
- THOMAS IRA LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 11
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- DONALD DAVID RANDALL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 15
- CHARLES HERBERT TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 19
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.