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DAVID RAY HOWARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – August 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Ray Howard, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 22
- RICHARD RALPH CERRAPrivate · August 7, 1968
- ROBERTO COBARRUBIASSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DARYL CHESTER CULVERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 21
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 22
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 27
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.