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MICHAEL J ROWCROFT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordMichael J Rowcroft, of Roosevelt, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 16
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
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Roosevelt, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 16
- REX ALLEN DAVISCorporal · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH DRIVEREPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Roosevelt
- ARTHUR RICHARD EWINGPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
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.