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DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – March 17, 1970
Service recordDouglas Gregory Howes, of Roy, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 13
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Roy, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 13
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSONCorporal · March 17, 1970
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HUGH CLOWER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 12
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 14
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 14
- ERWIN ROSS SCHMELINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12W, Line 15
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Roy
- PATRICK JACKSON SMITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- FRED JOHN PINSONAULTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES PENNINGTONCorporal · June 9, 1968
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.