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SALVATORE ALFRED ROWE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1950 – December 13, 1968
Service recordSalvatore Alfred Rowe, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 18
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSEKSergeant · December 13, 1968
- ORLANDO ALBERTO SALASPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 1969
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.