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GARY EDWARD HOWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1943 – May 7, 1968
Service recordGary Edward Howard, of Quincy, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Quincy, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 25
- RUSSELL JAMES HELIKERSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- GARY LEE HUDSONPrivate · May 7, 1968
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL HENRY ACKERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
From Quincy
- ROSEVELT SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- WILLIAM WHITBY DUCKMajor · October 3, 1967
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · April 7, 1968
- ALTO ANDERSON JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 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.