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GARY STEVEN ROWLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordGary Steven Rowlett, of Church Hill, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Church Hill, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 97
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · March 16, 1967
- JOHN WALTER RAPEYPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1967
- DAVID RHOADESPrivate · March 16, 1967
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLOPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 91
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 92
- CLARANCE ALLEN MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 95
From Church Hill
- DON EARL ALLEYPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- FREDDIE DARREL FORDSergeant · January 7, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL CARTERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.