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THEODORE TEXAS ROWLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1943 – October 12, 1970
Service recordTheodore Texas Rowley, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 130
- JOHN ANDREW SPENCE IIISpecialist Four · October 12, 1970
- GARRY LYNN WEAVERSergeant · October 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 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.