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HARVEY LYN ROWLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – September 4, 1966
Service recordHarvey Lyn Rowland, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 69
- RAYMOND PAUL SALZARULO JRCaptain · September 4, 1966
- EDWARD ARNOLD SHELTONPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DON EARL ALLEYPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ARNOLD SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 69
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.