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DONALD ALBERT ROWLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – June 23, 1970
Service recordDonald Albert Rowley, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 86
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 86
- THOMAS LYNN POOLESergeant · June 23, 1970
- DANNY LEON ROBINETTESpecialist Four · June 23, 1970
- JAMES MILAN ROZOSergeant First Class · June 23, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN SOLANOPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINICorporal · Panel 9W, Line 81
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 82
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.