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CHESTER EARL ROWE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1947 – April 5, 1967
Service recordChester Earl Rowe JR, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 107
- CHARLES LOWELL SALTERCorporal · April 5, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH PIERCE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.