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THOMAS W ROWLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – December 2, 1968
Service recordThomas W Rowland, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 24
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- JOSEPH LESTER RINEHARTCorporal · December 2, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- PATRICK SALAZARLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ESCAGEDASpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 21
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 22
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.