Saturday, March 19, 2022 – 11:00 AM

Ceremony ~ First National Bank, 5360 Bridge St, Roscoe IL

Parking at Lucia M. Hauge: Allstate Insurance, 10602 Franklin St. Roscoe IL

Signs will be installed at 251 and Bridge Street and 251 and Rockton Road, naming it "Spc. Brandon Rowe Memorial Highway."

Spec. Brandon J. Rowe, (1982-2003) was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.

On March 31, 2003, when he was 20 years old, Rowe was killed in action by enemy artillery in Ayyub, Babil Province, Iraq, near the Iraqi city of Najaf. He is believed to be the first person from the 101st Airborne Division to die in the war. His funeral visitation and memorial service were held on Apr. 12, 2003 at Hononegah Community High School. His last letter home arrived that day.