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GRAHAM HENRY HOWISON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1928 – July 13, 1969
Service recordGraham Henry Howison, of Bogata, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 112
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Bogata, Texas (Red River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 112
- BYRON ROYCE HALLCorporal · July 13, 1969
- RONALD STEVEN HOLEMANPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
- DAVID ROY MAIERSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- JERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 113
- STEVEN CHARLES WEBBSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 114
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 114
From Bogata
- PHILIP MILTON WOOTENPrivate First Class · May 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.