Location: 982
Date: 9/3/2004
Rank: Captain
Branch: U.S. Marine
Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Captain Alan Blake Rowe, USMC, was killed in combat action in Iraq on September 3, 2004. Born in Woodland, California on October 3, 1968, he came with his family to Idaho when he was a year old.
He loved the mountains, beauty, and peace found in Idaho. He loved the Marine Corps and his country and had dreamed of serving his country since he was a small boy. When he became a Marine, he thrived and excelled in the opportunities the Corps offered. We receive some comfort knowing that Alan lived and died doing and being what he wanted to be: A Marine.
Captain Rowe’s decorations include a Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Commendation, Navy and Marine Achievement with star, Combat Action with star, Navy Unit Commendation with star, and Meritorious Unit Commendation.
Alan will be greatly missed, but always deeply loved and remembered as the honorable Marine as well as our husband, father, son, brother, nephew, cousin. His death is a tragic loss to his family, his friends, the Marine Corps and his country. He died a hero to us all, reminding us that freedom is not free.