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MICHAEL THOMAS ROWE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – February 19, 1969
Service recordMichael Thomas Rowe, of Statesboro, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Statesboro, Georgia (Bulloch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 63
- MACK HOUSTON WILHELMPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- ROBERT G WIMPSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
From Statesboro
- JAMES ROBERT BRANNENPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · August 2, 1969
- HUBERT F BRINSONCaptain · January 5, 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.