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GEOFFREY THOMAS ROWSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1949 – June 19, 1968
Service recordGeoffrey Thomas Rowson, of North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- North Grosvenordale, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 1
- MICHAEL EUGENE PROTHEROPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ANDREW GUS RICHARDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ERNEST SEICHI SAKAISergeant First Class · June 19, 1968
- MICHAEL VINCENT SORTERSergeant · June 19, 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.