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FRANKLIN DELANO ROWELL
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 29, 1933 – August 19, 1969
Service recordFranklin Delano Rowell, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 73
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 73
- MICHAEL EDWARD POLIQUINPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- RUSSELL MILES RUFFNER JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- DENNIS FRANCIS SHINECorporal · August 19, 1969
- GUS SIAMBONESPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALBERT DORIASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 67
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19W, Line 68
- TIMOTHY ALLEN MOHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 71
- HARVEY RICHARD MCCUISTONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 72
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.