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SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1941 – July 7, 1968
Service recordSharber Mayfield Rowe, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 38
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 38
- RICHARD NORMA PINSONNAULTPetty Officer Third Class · July 7, 1968
- GREGORY KEITH REEVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM KENNETH REGANSergeant · July 7, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · July 7, 1968
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 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.