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BRUCE LEE HOWARD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1946 – December 10, 1967
Service recordBruce Lee Howard, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 75
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 75
- DONALD HARVEY GUITTARSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JIM LAWRENCE HARNDENCorporal · December 10, 1967
- BILLY ALLEN KELSALLSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN LARSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.