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JAMES RODNEY SOWERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJames Rodney Sowers, of Presque Isle, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Presque Isle, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 85
- NATHAN BEDFORD SIMMONSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- OLEN WAINWRIGHT SMITHSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SPAULDINGLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 59
- ALAN ASHERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 59
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ROBERT LE RHEA COWAN IIISergeant · Panel 25W, Line 64
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- ROBERT EUGENE GRETHSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 69
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL KNAUSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 74
- WILLIAM LEE LUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 76
- MICHAEL JOHN MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WILLIAM ERIC SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 83
- RICHARD DEAN SHANNON JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 84
- MICHAEL RAYMOND TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 89
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
- JOSEPH WILBERT WOODARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 91
- ROGER EDSON WOOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL YEATTSCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 92
From Presque Isle
- RICHARD BERUBESpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- RAYMOND NELSON PELKEYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- THOMAS GRANT LOVLEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 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.