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ROY STOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – December 13, 1968
Service recordRoy Stowe, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36W, Line 19
- SAMMY RAY PALMERCorporal · December 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL VANWEYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- MARION FRANK WALDEN JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN WALKER JRChief Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RANDY FREGIASpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 15
- THOMAS FRANKLIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 17
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 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.