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JAMES GRAY ROWE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1946 – June 29, 1968
Service recordJames Gray Rowe JR, of Davis, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Davis, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 19
- EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORDSergeant · June 29, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- PETER GEORGE RUIZPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEONARD DUTRASpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 15
- EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORDSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 19
From Davis
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BAROVETTOCaptain · January 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE MOOREStaff Sergeant · January 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.