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OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1929 – February 11, 1967
Service recordOliver Gilman Rowe JR, of Burgaw, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 15E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Born
- July 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Burgaw, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 17
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- CLAUDE ALOYSIUS ONLEYPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1967
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
From Burgaw
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- MARVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
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.