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JAMES WESLEY ROWLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – September 27, 1966
Service recordJames Wesley Rowlett, of Shamrock, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 23
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Shamrock, Texas (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 23
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE POWELLLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
From Shamrock
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · February 11, 1969
- RAYBURN LESTER SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 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.