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CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1944 – January 31, 1966
Service recordClarence William Howard, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 124
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1966
- JOHN ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · January 31, 1966
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.