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BRUCE G HOWERTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1948 – February 12, 1968
Service recordBruce G Howerter, of Canton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Illinois (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia 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 39E, Line 6
- ALAN WENDELL GUNNChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 12, 1968
- ELVESTER HESTER JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JEFFREY ANDREW HULTSFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EUGENE YOUNGBLOODSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 2
- GREGORY C CONANTSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LE ROY EDWARD DAMIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 4
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- WILLIAM AARON HARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 6
- JEFFREY ANDREW HULTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- DONNIE JOE MARLARSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER MAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 8
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- ROBERT MICHAEL NIXSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- RALPH EDWARD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- JOHN CHAD PRICESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 10
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ULYSSES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 13
- KENNETH EUGENE TICHNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 14
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
From Canton
- THOMAS WILLIAM SCOTTCorporal · March 16, 1968
- DANA ALAN HARRISONLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
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.