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GEORGE DOUGLAS HOWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordGeorge Douglas Howard, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Pascagoula, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 56
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 9, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HOLTZLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- DARRELL DAVID IMBORNONEStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · October 9, 1969
From Pascagoula
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · March 30, 1966
- EUGENE JEHLEN MAJUREFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1966
- GEORGE CURTIS SIGALASLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- HERMAN PAUL MAGEEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- THOMAS DOUGLAS HARDYPrivate · October 22, 1968
- JOHN ELMORE WELLSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 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.