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RUSSELL ALLEN ROWE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 20, 1945 – July 19, 1970
Service recordRussell Allen Rowe, of Lexington Park, Maryland, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 33
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Surveillance Aircraft (101D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lexington Park, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 33
- ELROY SIMMONSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
- DAVID MILTON TESHSecond Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- THOMAS EARL VAILSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ARGENTICorporal · July 20, 1970
From Lexington Park
- JOHN LENWOOD CHASEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- CLARENCE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JRCaptain · February 20, 1972
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.