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JAMES HERBERT ROWDEN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1944 – March 5, 1966
Service recordJames Herbert Rowden, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 123
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
From Medford
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- FREDERICK DUNHAM GRATENCorporal · April 11, 1968
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.