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DOUGLAS ALLEN HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1951 – February 25, 1972
Service recordDouglas Allen Howard, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 February 25, 1972; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 110
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- WILLIAM ASHLEY GUNNELLSWarrant Officer 1 · February 25, 1972
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.