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ZACK OSCAR ROWLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1944 – February 3, 1968
Service recordZack Oscar Rowland, of Busby, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Busby, Montana (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 13
- DAVID LEE RICKELSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JIMMY KARON ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- HOWARD SADLER JRCorporal · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH SANTOSSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BYRD BRANDONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 4
- JAMES EDGAR MALONEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 10
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 11
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 12
- WILLIAM C QUEBODEAUX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 12
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.