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JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJoseph Patrick Rowley, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 78
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
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 78
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- THOMAS WITHERSPOON JRStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
- ANDREW GILBERT ZISSULieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 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.