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DAVID LEROY HOWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – September 14, 1967
Service recordDavid Leroy Howard, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 71
- ROBERT GARCIASpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- KEITH EDWARD GERHARDTLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- GREG LOW GESSELSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- RONALD BERNARD GOBERLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 72
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 72
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 73
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 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.