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DWANE GENE HOWARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1940 – April 21, 1969
Service recordDwane Gene Howard, of Pixley, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Pixley, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 19
- JIMMY MARYLAND GARDENHIREPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- THOMAS WILFRED GAUDETPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT KNELL GILLIESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- MAXIE JACKSON JRLance Corporal · April 21, 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.