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WILLIAM MICHAEL ROWLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – June 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Rowland, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BN 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 3
- JAMES DONALD RAABPetty Officer Third Class · June 12, 1968
- DONALD LEE RANKINSCorporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- HENRY CHARLES SANFORD JRSergeant · June 12, 1968
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.