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RONALD DUANE ROWSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1949 – January 19, 1971
Service recordRonald Duane Rowsey, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 56
- STEPHEN ALLEN ALTSCHAFFLSpecialist Five · January 19, 1971
- GLENN RAY ETHINGTONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1971
- JESUS ANTONIO GONZALESPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
- WILLIAM RUIZ JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.