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JIMMIE HENRY ROWLETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1946 – September 18, 1966
Service recordJimmie Henry Rowlett, of Middlesboro, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 115
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Middlesboro, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 115
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- PHILLIP EARL TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD WASHINGTONCorporal · September 18, 1966
From Middlesboro
- LORENZA GAYLESCorporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS GLEN RICHMONDCorporal · September 10, 1966
- ALONZO ALLEN TEAGUEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
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.