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GEORGE CLAYTON ROWLAND JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1937 – November 17, 1968
Service recordGeorge Clayton Rowland JR, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 5
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 5
- ALLEN JAMES RANKELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS ROCKCorporal · November 17, 1968
- MARTIN DEAN SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- AARON TAWILSergeant · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS HAVELSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 1
- ROY EDWARD MAYSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 3
- GERALD FRANCIS ROCKCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 5
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 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.