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HENRY GRANT HOWCOTT
Major · U.S. Army
February 13, 1935 – January 31, 1968
Service recordHenry Grant Howcott, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 16
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 13, 1935
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 16
- GORDON WOOD HOOVERGunnery Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE HOTCHKISSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD DALE HOVLANDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROY HUDSONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH ERNELL BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 87
- ROLAND MICHAEL BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 87
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- JOHN LEONARD CHURCHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · Panel 36E, Line 3
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 5
- FRANK DOEZEMA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 12
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · Panel 36E, Line 23
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 27
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 30
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 31
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 33
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 35
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · Panel 36E, Line 36
- JOHN DOUGLAS WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 41
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 43
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 44
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.