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EDWARD EMANUEL HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – April 11, 1970
Service recordEdward Emanuel Howard, of Tuskegee, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Tuskegee, Alabama (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 124
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
- GARY DONALD JEFFERSONSergeant · April 11, 1970
- RONNIE LLOYD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JAN HOUSTON NELSONFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1970
From Tuskegee
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONE IVPetty Officer Third Class · April 5, 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.