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HARLEY MICHAEL HOWARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1942 – December 3, 1968
Service recordHarley Michael Howard, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 32
- FLOYD GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- KENNETH GERALD GREENSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- JOHN NOBLE HOLCOMBSergeant · December 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN HOWERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK LOUIS FUSILECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 31
- HOWARD HERCHER MAYERCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 34
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.