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WILLIAM EDWIN ROWE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1946 – March 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edwin Rowe, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 2
- BILLY WAYNE RAPPSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT LUCIAN RIGGINS JRCorporal · March 21, 1969
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERASpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WAYNE RAPPSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD MCARTHUR TAYLORCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 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.