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CHARLES EMORY HOWARD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 11, 1942 – July 1, 1968
Service recordCharles Emory Howard, of Erie, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 30
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
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- November 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Erie, Kansas (Neosho County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 30
- STEPHEN CHARLES HOUCKCorporal · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES C ISLER JRPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRED V JURADOSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON KALKASergeant · July 1, 1968
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.