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HARVEY RICKERT HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – October 16, 1967
Service recordHarvey Rickert Howard, of Danby, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Danby, Vermont (Rutland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 15
- RICHARD DUANE APPELHANSMajor · October 16, 1967
- MICHAEL FINLAY FIELDMajor · October 16, 1967
- LEE ROY HODGESStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS JONESCaptain · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 17
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.