Colonel james ‘nick’ rowe assassinated on this day in 1989

[Peter1469]

LTC Nick Rowe was a legend in the Army Special Forces community. He was one of only 34 US POWs in Vietnam to escape. Although he did spend 5 years as a POW. He went on to develop the Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) training.

LTC Rowe was assassinated in the Philippines on April 21, 1989. My brother was in the Army Old Guard Caisson Platoon and worked his funeral. He was on the cover of I think News Week, and I think for that funeral.

COLONEL JAMES ‘NICK’ ROWE ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY IN 1989

Colonel Rowe was being driven to work at the Joint United States Military Advisory Group headquarters in Quezon City, a suburb of Manila, shortly after 7 A.M. when at least two hooded gunmen in a stolen car fired more than 20 bullets into his vehicle.
His driver, Joaquin Vinua, was wounded but was reported out of danger. Colonel Rowe was pronounced dead at a nearby military hospital. Communist Rebels Suspected


No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Philippine officials said they believed the killers were Communist rebels. The rebels have threatened to attack American targets unless the United States closes its military bases in the Philippines and ends its support of the Philippine military’s fight against the insurgency.

[carolina73]

Chi-den will not do it, but America better start helping countries throw out these Communists around the world.

[Cletus]

LTC Nick Rowe was a legend in the Army Special Forces community. He was one of only 34 US POWs in Vietnam to escape. Although he did spend 5 years as a POW. He went on to develop the Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) training.

LTC Rowe was assassinated in the Philippines on April 21, 1989. My brother was in the Army Old Guard Caisson Platoon and worked his funeral. He was on the cover of I think News Week, and I think for that funeral.

COLONEL JAMES ‘NICK’ ROWE ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY IN 1989

I knew Nick Rowe. He was the Commander of SERE Committee when I went through the Level C course. Later he was the Commander of 1st Special Warfare Training Battalion when I was there. That was in '86 or '87, I guess. That was his last assignment before he went to the Philippines.

I was in Yemen when we got word he had been killed.