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ERNEST LEROY ROWE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordErnest Leroy Rowe, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 10
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD LEON DELVERDECorporal · September 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 12
- HERBERT POK DONG CHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
From Waynesboro
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE BRENNANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STEPHEN BRIAN PUGHCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
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.