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GEORGE ROWLAND JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – February 27, 1967
Service recordGeorge Rowland JR, of Hustonville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 8 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Hustonville, Kentucky (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 108
- ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAYSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- BERNARD JACOB SAUSE JRAirman · February 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SIMSHospitalman Apprentice · February 27, 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.