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GLEN EUGENE HOWARD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 11, 1948 – December 16, 1969
Service recordGlen Eugene Howard, of Woodland, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 16, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 64
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodland, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 64
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE JEROPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- RONALD DEAN MCMILLENSpecialist Four · December 16, 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.