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DAVID LAFATE HOWARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1943 – July 7, 1965
Service recordDavid Lafate Howard, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 29
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Fountain Inn, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 29
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · July 7, 1965
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 28
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 29
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 29
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- JOHNIE EDWARD RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 30
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 30
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 30
From Fountain Inn
- HAROLD EUGENE MAHYTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- FRANKIE B JOHNSON JRSpecialist Six · April 21, 1968
- ANTHONY PRESTON NASHCorporal · January 12, 1969
- J LYNN STENHOUSE JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.