About John Rowan
Born 1945. John Rowan is an American military personnel.
John Rowan (born September 18, 1945) is an American Vietnam War veteran and the sixth national president of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA).
Early life, education, and military service Rowan was born on September 18, 1945, in Queens, New York City. He was educated at the Brooklyn Technical High School, and he attended Baruch College but did not graduate. He attended graduate school at Hunter College, where he earned a master's degree in Urban Affairs. He has also worked with the Vietnamese Veterans Association to find missing U.S. veterans of the war who died on Vietnamese soil.
Rowan serves on the advisory board of the New York City Department of Veterans Affairs, where he represents Queens.
Personal life With his wife Mariann, Rowan resides in Middle Village, New York.
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John Rowan was born on 18 September 1945 in Queens.
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· DBpedia: John Rowan (Vietnam War veteran)
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