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GEORGE ANDREWS HOWES
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
June 16, 1950 – January 10, 1970
Service recordGeorge Andrews Howes, of Knox, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 23
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Knox, Indiana (Starke County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 10, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 23
- DENNIS FLOYD KABARACorporal · January 10, 1970
- JAMES GREGORY LEGASpecialist Four · January 10, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR LEHECKAFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1970
- NEILE COOPER MACKAYCorporal · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 22
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
From Knox
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1971
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.