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STEVEN ROBERT ROWLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – January 16, 1969
Service recordSteven Robert Rowles, of Glendora, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendora, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 18
- KENNETH MUREL RUSSELLPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- ALLAN NAPOLEON SCAVELLAMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY DIECKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 12
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 14
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 15
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 17
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 19
From Glendora
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- FREDERICK R WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
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.