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GERALD LOYD ROWEN II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – December 26, 1967
Service recordGerald Loyd Rowen II, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 65
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · December 26, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 61
- JOSEPH THAXTER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 32E, Line 62
- ROBERT EDWIN WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
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.